OF   THE 


126th 


olnntriars, 


NOTE  TO  THE  READER 


This  Sketch  should  be  read  in  connection  with  Swinton's  History 
of  the  Army  of  the  Potomac,  and  with  reference  to  the  plans  and 
maps  therein  contained,  which  are  accurate. 


OF  THE 


FRANKLIN  COUNTY 
II onumentel   issariaium. 


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1869. 


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OF   THE 


126th     IJejjimcnt    lennaglrania 


PREPARED  BY  AN  OFFICER,  AND  SOLD  FOR  THE  BENEFIT 

OF  THE 

FRANKLIN  COUNTY 

im'    il  otuimeittel   ia«orialum. 


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1869. 


PREFATORY. 


IT  is  desirable  that  a  record  of  the  principal  incidents  in 
the  career  of  the  Regiment  which  Franklin  county  was 
pleased  to  consider  peculiarly  her  own,  should  be  preserv 
ed.  The  survivors  will  cherish  such  a  memorial.  The 
dead  will  be  embalmed  in  its  pages. 

It  is  especially  becoming  to  make  this  memorial  the 
means  of  rearing  a  Column  to  the  Fallen  Braves  of  the 
County,  of  whatever  Regiment. 

The  Franklin  County  Soldiers'  Monumental  Association 
design  erecting  such  a  Column  at  the  County  seat.  This 
Sketch  has  been  prepared  for  them,  and  the  proceeds  de 
rived  from  its  sale  will  be  devoid  to  that  object. 

It  has  been  read,  as  published  in  the  following  pages,  to 
a  number  of  the  Officers  and  Men  of  the  Regiment,  who 
were  with  it  throughout,  and  has  received  their  approval. 

The  Company  Rolls  are  taken  from  the  Regimental  De 
scriptive  Book.  The  "Remarks" — the  notes  of  changes, 
casualties,  &c.,  —  have  been  carefully  revised  by  competent 
members  of  the  respective  Companies  —  in  all  the  Compa 
nies  except  A,  C  and  K,  by  one  or  more  of  the  Officers. 
Sergeant  SEIDERS  revised  A ;  Sergeant  STRICKLER,  K ; 
Mr.  SETH  DICKEY,  C. 

General  TYLER  kindly  furnished  copies  of  his  Reports  of 
the  part  taken  by  his  Brigade  at  the  battles  of  Fredericks- 
burg  and  Chancellorsville. 


M212532 


A    SKETCH 


THE  isbrH  J^_EG'T  PA,  YOLUNTEEPVS, 


ON  the  8th  ot  July,  1862,  the  Peninsular  Campaign  came 
to  a  disastrous  close.  McClellan  was  at  Harrison's  Landing. 
The  siege  of  Richmond  was  raised.  Fifteen  thousand  men 
had  been  lost  to  the  army  in  the  fruitless  struggle.  That 
grand  army,  which  was  the  pride  and  hope  of  the  country  and 
which  had  fought  its  way  to  the  gates  of  the  Rebel  Capital,  had 
staggered  back  in  a  seven  days'  combat  to  the  banks  of  the 
James  river.  The  North  was  stunned  with  grief  and  de 
spair. 

Halleck  was  made  General-in-Chief.  On  the  14th  of  July, 
Pope  took  command  of  the  Army  of  Virginia.  On  the  17th, 
the  President  was  authorized  to  accept  the  services  of  one 
hundred  thousand  volunteers  for  nine  months  to  serve  as 
infantry,  for  whom  the  same  provision  was  made  as  for 
volunteers  for  three  years,  except  as  to  bounty.  At  the 
same  time  arrangements  were  made  to  set  in  motion  the 
terrible  machinery  of  the  draft.  The  President  approved 
the  Confiscation  and  Emancipation  Act.  The  Nation 
was  beginning  to  adopt  stringent  and  energetic  measures. 
On  the  31st  of  July,  all  leaves  of  absence  were  revoked 
and  annulled,  and  all  officers  and  privates  capable  of  ser 
vice  were  required  to  join  their  commands.  During  the  » 


/t>        6  FORMATION  OF  THE  COMPANIES. 

first  week  of  August,  the  Confederate  Generals  were  as 
sembling  their  forces  for  the  purpose  of  crushing  the  army 
commanded  by  General  Pope  and  advancing  to  the  cap 
ture  of  the  Capital.  On  the  9th  of  August,  Jackson  fought 
Banks  at  Cedar  Mountain. 

Such  was  the  aspect  of  military  affairs  in  the  East  whilst 
the  One  Hundred  and  Twenty-Sixth  regiment  was  recruit 
ing.  About  three  weeks  were  occupied  in  this  labor.  Ju- 
niata  county  furnished  two  companies,  namely:  F  and  I. 
Captain  John  P.  Wharton,  of  Perryville,  led  the  men  of 
Company  F,  and  those  of  I  came  in  charge  of  Captain 
Amos  II.  Martin,  of  MifHintown.  Both  these  officers  were 
men  of  mature  years  and  sterling  character,  and  the  young 
men  who  followed  them  from  the  banks  of  the  Blue  Juni- 
ata  were  the  flower  and  promise  of  the  county. 

The  remaining  eight  companies  were  from  Franklin  coun 
ty,  except  part  of  one  company,  which  was  furnished  by 
Fulton.  Do?bler  gathered  around  him,  in  Company  A,  the 
young  men  of  Chambersburg;  and  here  also  Miles  and 
John  H.  .Reed  assembled  companies  G  and  D.  Brownson 
led  down  C  from  Mercersburg.  The  mountaineers  of  Ful 
ton,  under  Pott  and  Hoke,  uniting  with  the  men  of  Antrim 
collected  by  Wm.  H.  Davison,  formed  Company  B,  under 
Austin.  Waynesboro'  sent  out  E,  under  the  Walkers. 
From  the  highlands  of  Path  Valley,  John  II.  Walker  was 
followed  by  the  bulk  of  Company  H,  Elder  filling  out  the 
complement  with  St.  Thomas'  contribution.  The  quota 
of  Greencastle  marched  out  as  Company  K,  under  Rowe 
and  A.  R.  Davison.  The  materiel  of  these  companies  was 
also  excellent.  The  very  pick  and  pride  of  Franklin  county 
responded  to  the  call  of  the  President  at  this  great  crisis 
of  the  struggle.  The  towns  and  the  hill-sides  of  the  Con- 
ococheague  sent  of  their  best  youth.  A  fair  proportion 
of  the  officers  had  seen  service  and  learned  the  rudiments 
of  drill  and  discipline  in  the  school  of  actual  hostilities. 


l  O  ORGANIZATION  OF  THE  REGIMENT. 

g 

Tliis  regiment,  made  up  so  largely  of  the  citizens  of  Frank 
lin  county,  was  always  regarded  with  pride  hy  her  people 
as  her  peculiar  contribution  to  the  war. 

The  several  companies  of  which  the  regiment  was  com 
posed  assembled  at  Camp  Curtin  between  the  6th  and  10th 
of  August,  1862.  These  having  been  duly  mustered  into 
service,  an  election  for  field  officers  was  held  in  camp  on  the 
13th  of  August — the  electors  being  the  company  officers. 
This  election  was  without  legal  force,  and  merely  served 
to  indicate  to  the  Governor  the  wishes  of  the  regiment  in 
this  regard.  James  G.  Elder,  of  St.  Thomas,  Franklin 
county,  who  had  been  captain  of  company  C,  Second  regi 
ment  Pennsylvania  Volunteers,  (three  months  service)  was 
elected  Colonel.  Captain  John  Dick,  of  the  One  Hun 
dred  and  Seventh  Pennsylvania  Volunteers,  then  serving 
with  his  regiment  in  the  field,  was  elected  Lieutenant  Colo 
nel,  and  1).  Watson  Rowe,  late  First  Lieutenant  of  Compa 
ny  C,  Second  P.  V.,  was  chosen  Major.  The  selection  of 
Captain  Dick  was  due  to  the  desire  of  the  regiment  to  have 
the  aid  of  an  experienced  soldier,  but  the  regulations  of  the 
War  Department,  at  the  time,  prohibited  officers  of  three- 
years  regiments  from  being  transferred  to  nine-months  or 
ganizations,  (as  was  said,)  and  the  Governor  accordingly  com 
missioned  James  G.  Elder  as  Colonel,  D.  Watson  liowe  as 
Lieutenant  Colonel,  and  James  C.  Austin,  who  had  been 
voted  for  as  Lieutenant  Colonel,  to  be  Major.  At  the  same 
time,  John  Stewart  was  commissioned  as  Adjutant,  and  T. 
Jefferson  Kill  as  Quartermaster. 

On  the  next  day,  the  men  having  been  supplied  with 
arms  and  clothing,  and  the  companies  furnished  with  camp 
and  garrison  equipage,  the  order  to  proceed  to  the  front  was 
received  by  Colonel  Elder,  and  at  4  A.  M.  of  Friday,  the  15th 
of  August,  tents  were  struck,  and  the  commissions  of  the 
Field  and  Staff  Officers  being  now  handed  to  them,  the  re 
giment  was  conveyed  by  car  to  Baltimore  and  thence  to 


/0        8  AT  CLOUD'S  MILLS. 

S 

Washington,  where  it  arrived  at  4  A.  M.  of  the  succeeding 
day.  Remaining  at  the  Soldiers'  Kest  until  noon,  the  march 
was  then  taken  up  for  the  south  side  of  the  Potomac,  and  at 
6  P.  M.,  tents  were  pitched  near  Fort  Albany,  about  five  miles 
from  the  city,  a  beautiful  location,  which  was  named  Camp 
Stanton .  General  Casey  was  here  in  command  of  the  provis 
ional  brigades,  and  to  him  reports  were  made.  At  this  time 
the  Surgeons  joined  the  regiment  and  the  Non-Commissioned 
Staff  were  appointed.  From  this  camp,  on  the  22nd  of  Au 
gust,  the  command  was  moved  to  Alexandria,  and  thence 
four  miles  out  to  Mrs.  Scott's  house,  near  Clouds'  Mills. 
The  regiment  was  now  brigaded  with  the  Ninety-First, 
One  Hundred  and  Twenty -Ninth,  and  One  Hundred  and 
Thirty-Fourth  Pennsylvania  Volunteers,  commanded  re 
spectively  by  Colonels  Gregory,  Frick  and  O'Brien.  Brig 
adier-General  Erastus  B.  Tyler  was  assigned  to  the  com 
mand  of  the  brigade.  No  change  took  place  in  the  bri 
gade  organization  whilst  the  One  Hundred  and  Twenty- 
Sixth  was  in  service,  and  General  Tyler  remained  in  com 
mand  until  the  term  of  service  of  the  regiments  had  ex 
pired.  Here  the  regiment  was  fully  supplied  with  am 
munition  and  transportation,  and  began  regular  drill.  It 
was  ready  for  work.  Major  Hershberger,  of  Chambers- 
burg,  went  down  to  the  front  and  instituted  a  school  for 
officers,  which  was  kept  up  until  the  result  of  the  second 
Bull  Run  necessitated  active  movements  of  the  command. 

On  the  23d  of  August,  orders  were  received  by  Colonel 
Elder  to  be  in  readiness  to  proceed  to  Warrenton;  but,  for 
some  reason,  the  regiment  was  not  moved.  On  the  26th, 
indeed,  the  baggage  was  loaded  and  sent  off,  but  the  men 
remained  in  camp,  and  in  the  afternoon  again  pitched  tents. 
On  Sunday,  the  31st  of  August,  orders  came  at  8  P.  M., 
directing  Lieutenant  Colonel  Rowe  to  prepare  to  proceed 
with  six  companies  of  the  One  Hundred  and  Twenty-Sixth 
and  a  section  of  artillery  to  Bull  Run  bridge  and  hold  it. 


WITHIN  THE  LINES  OF  WASHINGTON. 

The  companies  were  called  out,  a  train  of  cars  with  the 
artillery  aboard  stood  ready  near  by.  At  11  P.  M.  Colonel 
Howe  was  ordered  to  Alexandria  for  final  directions,  but 
the  order  to  move  did  not  come,  for  the  tide  of  battle  had 
already  passed  the  point  designated,  and  the  bridge  was  de 
stroyed.  On  this  day,  companies  A  and  B  were  sent  se 
venteen  miles  to  the  front  in  charge  of  an  ammunition  train, 
and  Company  K  was  also  sent  to  Fairfax  Station  to  guard 
and  care  for  the  wounded  there  collected.  The  deep  boom 
ing  of  cannon  had  now,  for  several  days,  warned  the  regi 
ment  of  the  fearful  struggle  daily  drawing  nearer,  and  at 
length  the  streams  of  wounded  and  stragglers  revealed  only 
too  clearly  that  a  second  time,  on  the  field  of  Bull  Run,  the 
banners  of  the  Union  had  trailed  before  the  foe. 

On  the  2nd  of  September,  the  whole  army  was  drawn 
back  within  the  lines  around  "Washington,  and  the  One 
Hundred  and  Twenty-Sixth  was  moved  to  a  position  one 
mile  from  Alexandria,  named  Camp  Wade,  between  two 
Forts.  Here,  on  Saturday,  the  6th  of  September,  Reverend 
Samuel  J.  Niccolls,  appointed  Chaplain  to  the  regiment, 
joined  it,  and  the  Commissioned  Staff  was  thus  made  full. 

On  Sunday,  the  7th,  a  long  and  tiresome  march  was  made 
from  this  camp  to  Fort  Corcoran,  up  the  river,  and  back 
again  to  Camp  Whipple  beside  Fort  Richardson,  where  tents 
were  pitched  in  a  peach-orchard.  At  6J  in  the  evening  di 
vine  service  was  held  by  Reverend  Mr.  Niccolls,  the  chap 
lain,  before  head-quarters.  At  that  hour,  unknown  to  the 
men,  the  whole  rebel  army  had  crossed  the  Potomac  and 
were  settling  around  Frederick. 

At  this  place  the  regiment  learned  ot  the  dismissal  from 
the  service  of  Major  Austin,  on  the  5th  of  September,  for 
visiting  Washington  without  leave,  contrary  to  General  Or 
ders,  No.  114.  Major  Austin  had  been  very  sick  of  a  se 
vere  chronic  disease,  and  ignorant,  like  the  rest,  of  the  or 
der  referred  to,  went  to  the  city  and  placed  himself  in  charge 


10  HOMES  IN  DANGER. 

of  a  physician  there  from  August  28th  till  September  3d, 
when  he  rejoined  the  regiment,  This  summary  dismissal 
was  subsequently,  upon  a  better  understanding  of  the  mat 
ter,  revoked  and  Major  Austin  restored,  but  he  then  re 
signed.  He  accompanied  the  regiment,  however,  to  An- 
tietam. 

It  was  whilst  lying  in  this  camp,  a  portion  of  the  regiment 
in  the  rifle-pits,  and  the  remainder  on  picket  at  Bailey's 
Cross-Roads,  near  Munson's  Hill,  every  one  supposing 
the  enemy  to  be  in  full  force  in  front  of  Washington,  and  an 
assault  upon  the  fortifications  daily  expected,  that  a  flood 
of  letters  from  Franklin  county  first  informed  the  men  of 
Lee's  invasion  of  Maryland,  ancl  that  their  hearths  and  altars 
were  threatened.  A  very  deep  feeling  pervaded  the  entire  re 
giment  Every  one  pondered  the  situation,  and  endeavored 
to  divine  the  near  future.  While  thus  the  letters  came  in 
from  the  8th  until  the  llth,  showing  with  each  day  an  in 
crease  of  excitement  at  home;  while  Lee  was  issuing  his 
proclamations  to  Maryland,  and  McClellan  was  marching  in 
five  parallel  columns  on  Frederick;  the  men  of  the  One 
Hundred  and  Twenty-Sixth  picketed  and  drilled,  and 
lounged  and  smoked  in  the  works  around  Washington, 
the  monotony  broken  only  by  a  review  on  the  9th  by  Gene- 
Fitz  John  Porter  and  General  Whipple.  But  the  after 
noon  of  Friday,  the  12th,  found  the  brigade  of  Tyler  march 
ing  through  Georgetown  and  Washington  to  Meridian  Hill, 
at  the  foot  of  14th  street  in  the  latter  city,  whence  began, 
on  Sunday,  the  14th  of  September,  the  march  for  the  bat 
tle  field  of  Antietam. 

Before  we  follow  the  regiment  from  Washington  a  bit  of 
romance  connected  with  its  history  is  to  be  chronicled.  Wil 
liam  Fitzpatrick,  of  Western  Virginia,  loved  or  was  loved 
by  Frances  Day.  Fitzpatrick  enlisted  in  company  F,  from 
Juniata  county,  and  went  to  the  war  with  the  One  Hundred 
and  Twenty-Sixth  regiment.  In  a  short  time  he  fell  ill, 


\  SI-:R(;I-:ANT  ix  PETTICOATS. 

and  on  the  24th  of  August,  1862,  whilst  the  regiment  lay 
at  Cloud's  Mills,  he  died  in  the  hospital  at  Alexandria.  On 
the  day  he  died,  Frank  Maine,  a  Sergeant  of  company  F, 
unaccountably  deserted.  When  he  enlisted  he  was  a  stran 
ger  to  all  the  men  of  that  company,  but  in  a  fe\v  days  he 
had  so  ingratiated  himself  with  his  comrades  and  officers 

O 

as  to  be  promoted  to  Sergeant.  He  was  not  heard  of  any 
more  while  the  regiment  remained  in  service.  But  long 
after,  in  the  far  West,  a  soldier,  wounded  badly  in  a  great 
battle,  could  not  conceal  her  sex,  and  Frances  Day  then 
told  how  she  had  followed  Fitzpatrick  into  the  army  and 
become  herself  a  soldier  and  a  Sergeant  in  the  One  Hundred 
and  Twenty-Sixth  Pennsylvania  Volunteers;  of  her  deser 
tion  upon  her  lover's  death,  and  the  abandon  and  despair 
which  led  her  to  seek  again  the  ranks  of  the  army.  To  ve 
rify  her  story,  letters  were  written  to  the  officers  of  Compa 
ny  F,  at  Mifflintown,  and  thus  the  mystery  of  the  Sergeant's 
desertion  was  dispelled. 

On  Sunday,  Sept.  14th,  the  regiment  marched  with  the 
brigade  from  the  Camp  at  Meridian  Hill  for  the  Monocacy, 
by  way  of  Rockville,  encamping  by  that  stream  on  the  af 
ternoon  of  the  16th,  about  the  time  Hooker's  corps  was  first 
put  in  motion  on  the  field  of  Antietam,  and  the  great  battle 
began.  On  the  first  day's  march,  General  Humphreys 
with  his  staff  was  observed  on  the  roadside,  snatching  a 
marching  review  of  the  brigade  as  it  passed  b}'  en  route,  and 
it  was  then  learned  that  a  day  or  two  before  he  had  been  as 
signed  to  the  division  composed  of  the  brigades  of  Tyler 
and  Allabach.  He  remained  at  the  head  of  this  division 
until  the  muster  out  of  the  regiments  composing  it.  Of 
these  two  officers,  Tyler  and  Humphreys,  who  together  had 
sole  charge  of  the  fortunes  of  this  regiment,  General  Hum 
phreys  was  a  Regular  officer,  past  middle  life,  educated  at 
West  Point,  deeply  learned  in  engineering,  long  attached 
to  the  Topographical  Department,  and  so  far,  during  the 


/O        l»>  HUMPHREYS  AND  TYLER. 

2 

war,  on  the  staff  of  General  McOlellan.  He  entered  the  ser 
vice  on  the  1st  of  July,  1831,  as  Brevet  Second  Lieutenant, 
in  the  Second  Artillery.  Served  in  Florida:  resigned  30th 
September,  1836:  was  appointed  First  Lieutenant  of  Topo 
graphical  Engineers,  July  7th,  1838.  He  knew  little  of  hu 
man  nature  in  civilians,  and  when  he  first  assumed  com 
mand  of  this  division  he  was  not  well  fitted  to  handle  citi 
zen  volunteers.  Nevertheless,  he  was  greatly  relied  upon. 
General  Tyler,  on  the  other  hand,  was  not  an  educated  sol 
dier,  hut  full  of  military  spirit  and  aptitude,  and  admirably 
suited  to  have  charge  of  a  brigade  of  men  fresh  from  the 
people.  He  was  heartily  liked  by  all  under  him,  and  was 
as  much  respected  as  liked.  He  was  a  large,  soldierly-look 
ing  man,  in  the  prime  of  life.  He  entered  the  army  at  the 
outbreak  of  the  war  as  Colonel  of  the  Seventh  Ohio,  and 
served  under  Ro&ecrans  in  West  Virginia.  He  subsequent 
ly  fought  by  the  side  of  Shields  in  the  Valley,  when  Stone 
wall  Jackson  was  there.  The  regiment  was  fortunate  in 
both  its  general  officers. 

Tyler's  brigade  lay  on  the  Monocacy,  by  the  Frederick 
road,  from  the  evening  of  the  16th  till  the  middle  of  the  af 
ternoon  of  the  17th  of  September,  during  which  time  a  large 
body  of  paroled  Union  prisoners,  surrendered  by  Miles  at 
Harper's  Ferry,  passed  southward.  About  3  o'clock  the 
march  was  taken  up  for  Antietam,  by  way  of  Frederick, 
Middletown  and  Boonsboro,'  and  the  command  was  forced 
forward  all  night,  halting  but  one  hour  on  the  top  of  South 
Mountain  lor  rest,  and  at  8  A.  M.  of  the  18th  arrived  on 
the  battle  field,  received  twenty  additional  rounds  of  ammu 
nition,  and  took  position  in  reserve  with  the  rest  of  Porter's 
corps.  The  men  were  much  fatigued  with  the  twenty-six 
miles  forced  marching,  but  were  in  good  heart  at  the  pros 
pect  of  making  their  first  fight  near  home.  The  reinforce 
ment  which  Humphreys  thus  brought  to  M'Clellan  number 
ed  six  thousand  men.  The  fight  was  not  resumed.  Lee 


ANTIETAM.    THE  RECONNOISANCE. 

crossed  the  Potomac.  Tyler's  brigade  was  moved  down 
to  the  river  bank  and  watched  the  enemy  on  the  other  side 
all  day,  while  an  Ohio  battery  amused  them  with  an  occa 
sional  shell.  The  brigade  went  into  camp  one  mile  from 
Sharpsbnrg,  where  it  lay  without  a  movement  worthy  of 
note  until  the  16th  of  October.  The  One  Hundred  and 
Twenty-Sixth  regiment,  raised  on  the  border,  was  over- 
overflowed  all  the  while  it  lay  here  with  friends  and  rela- 
tiv.es,  who  came  in  great  numbers,  bearing  loads  of  pro 
visions  and  delicacies.  The  State  Colors  were  presented 
here,  and  the  division  was  Honored  with  a  review  by  the 
President  of  the  United  States. 

On  the  16th  of  October,  General  Humphreys,  with  his  di 
vision  and  some  artillery  and  cavalry,  made  a  reconnoisance 
into  Virginia,  crossing  the  Potomac  below  Shepherdstown 
and  proceeding  as  far  as  Leetown.  The  enemy's  cavalry 
hovered  in  the  Federal  front  all  the  way,  and  his  horse-artil 
lery  were  kept  pretty  busily  at  work.  He  fell  back,  however, 
without  showing  much  resistance,  and  the  casualties  were 
few.  The  reconnoitering  force  encamped  over  night  near 
Leetown,  and  next  day  retraced  its  steps  and  recrossed  the 
river,  the  movement  having  been  very  finely  conducted  by 
General  Humphreys.  After  this,  for  two  weeks,  the  time 
passed  as  before — in  guard,  drill,  parade  and  review.  The 
ladies  of  vVaynesboro'  relieved  the  monotony  somewhat 
by  the  presentation  of  a  beautiful  banner  to  Company  E, 
many  of  the  fair  donors  being  present. 

At  length,  on  the  30th  of  October,  1863,  (M'Clellan  having 
begun  his  movement  on  Warrenton,)  the  regiment  broke 
camp  at  3  P.  M.,  and  moved  about  six  miles  into  Pleasant 
Valley.  At  day-break  next  day  the  march  was  resumed, 
the  river  at  Harpers'  Ferry  was  crossed  on  pontoons,  and 
tte  brigade  halted  four  miles  beyond  the  Ferry,  in  London 
county.  On  Sunday,  2nd  of  November,  Snickersville  was 
reached  and  the  regiment  went  into  camp,  but  having  only  \ 


o        14  SNICKER'S  GAP  AND  VVARRENTON. 

* 

had  time  for  supper,  the  march  was  continued  after  dark  to 
the  top  of  the  mountain — Snicker's  Gap.  Here,  on  the  top 
of  the  Blue  Ridge,  the  brigade  lay  until  Wednesday,  the  5th. 
The  weather  was  growing  cold.  The  west  winds  whistled 
on  the  mountain  peaks  and  pierced  to  the  marrow  of  the 
men's  bones.  But  there  were  compensations.  The  sol 
diers,  living  oft'  the  enemy,  reveled  in  mutton  and  veal. 
The  enraptured  vision  of  the  pickets  drank  in  the  beauties  of 
the  Shenandoah  Valley,  spread  out  like  a  great  quilt  beneath 
them — Berryville  plainly  in  view,  and  the  distant  spires  of 
Winchester  dimly  visible. 

From  Snicker's  Gap  the  command  was  moved  towards 
Aldie,  but  when  about  four  miles  from  that  place  changed 
direction  and  passed  through  White  Plains  to  New  Balti 
more,  and  thence  to  the  vicinity  of  Warrenton,  where  it  lay 
encamped  until  the  17th  of  November.  Here  M'Clellan, 
attended  by  Burnside,  his  successor  in  command  of  the  ar 
my,  bade  farewell  to  all  the  corps  in  a  grand  and  brilliant 
review.  A  day  or  two  later,  Fitz  John  Porter  also  reviewed 
the  5th  Corps  upon  taking  leave  of  it — Hooker  succeeding 
him.  While  here,  the  six  corps  of  the  army  were  consolida 
ted  into  three  Grand  Divisions  of  two  corps  each,  and  the 
Fifth  Corps,  now  under  Butterfield,  was  assigned  to  the 
Center  Grand  Division,  which  Hooker  commanded.  On 
Sunday,  the  16th,  Hooker  reviewed  Humphreys'  division, 
and  the  men  began  to  know  "Fighting  Joe,"  and  to  take 
pride  in  him  as  their  commander.  In  the  evening,  Rever 
end  Mr.  Niccolls  preached  his  farewell  sermon  to  the  bri 
gade,  at  General  Tyler's  headquarters.  The  leave  of  absence 
granted  him  by  the  Presbyterian  Congregation  of  Chain- 
bersburg  had  expired,  and  he  now  resigned  the  chaplaincy 
and  returned  home. 

On  Monday,  the  17th,  the  division  began  its  march  by 
way  of  Warrenton  Junction  and  Richland  Creek  to  the  vi- 
o  cinity  of  Falmouth.  The  weather  was  rainy,  the  country  5 


FUEDERICKSBUBG.  15 

traversed  poor  and  deserted,  the  rations  short,  and  the  inarch, 
though  the  stages  were  not  long,  was  altogether  disagreea 
ble.  On  the  19th  tents  were  pitched  six  miles  from  Fred- 
erickshurg,  and  on  the  22d  camp  was  shifted  to  a  point  two 
miles  nearer  Falmouth.  The  coldness  of  the  weather  now 
admonished  the  soldiers  to  build  chimneys  and  otherwise 
promote  physical  comfort  in  their  tents,  and  the  camp  soon 
became  a  temporary  village.  Upon  the  arrival  of  the  regi 
ment  here,  it  was  greeted  with  the  return  of  Captain  Reed 
and  Lieutenants  Cook  and  Hornbaker  and  a  number  of  en 
listed  men  left  sick  at  Antietam.* 

At  4  A.  M.  of  the  llth  December,  the  reveille  was  beat 
en  and  the  regiment  moved  out  to  the  field  of  its  first  great 
battle.  It  halted  in  a  level  plat  about  two  miles  out.  The 
next  day  it  was  moved  forward  a  mile  or  two  and  bivouacked 
in  a  pine  woods  near  the  Philips  House,  and  close  by  the 
river.  During  both  days  the  men  were  inspired  by  the  mu 
sic  of  bands  and  the  deep  booming  of  Burnside's  cannon 
on  the  river  bank.  On  Saturday,  the  13th  of  December, 
the  brigade  crossed  the  Rappahannock  on  the  upper  pon 
toon  bridge,  entered  Fredericksburg  at  the  northern  end, 
then  turning  to  the  left  moved  down  to  the  centre  of  the 
town.  At  3J  P.  M.  General  Tyler  moved  his  command  to  the 
front,  and  filing  to  the  right  from  the  Telegraph  road,  en 
tered  a  low  meadow,  at  the  far  end  of  which  stood  a  large 
brick  tannery.  Above  this  meadow,  overshadowing  it, 
frowned  the  rebel  redoubts  and  batteries.  The  command 
was  massed  in  this  enclosure — the  Union  and  Confederate 
batteries  playing  over  the  heads  of  the  men.  Very  soon  a 
rebel  officer  was  observed  to  advance  a  section,  and  imme 
diately  he  opened  on  the  crowded  mass  beneath.  The  shell 
dropped  down  into  the  throng  and  threw  the  earth  and  man 
gled  bodies  into  the  air.  The  men  were  not  in  line  of  bat 
tle — could  not  form  in  line — were  simply  awaiting  orders. 
They  could  only  watch  the  batter)7  on  the  height  above;  watch 


^o  x  i  A  THE  BATTLP;  OF  FREDERICKSBURG. 

6 

o 

the  flight  of  the  shell  into  their  midst,  and  shudder  at  its 
destruction.  It  was  awful  to  stand  thus  and  he  slaughtered. 
But  at  length  the  order  came  to  move  to  the  left  of  the  Tele 
graph  road  and  form  in  two  lines  under  cover  of  a  hill,  pre 
paratory  to  a  last  charge  upon  the  rebel  works  on  Marye's 
Heights.  The  road  was  swept  by  the  enemy's  shell  and  the 
bullets  of  his  sharp-shooters.  The  right  of  the  regiment 
was  hurried  across;  the  left  waited  a  moment  at  the  edge  of 
the  road,  then  it  also  hastily  passed  over,  but  not  scathless. 
Lieutenant  Fortescue,  of  G,  had  scarcely  put  foot  into  the 
road  before  a  ball  from  a  sharp-shooter's  rifle  pierced  his 
head  and  he  fell  a  corpse. 

As  rapidly  as  possible,  for  it  was  growing  late,  the  column 
of  assault  was  formed  in  two  lines.  The  first  line  was  com 
posed  of  the  One  Hundred  and  Thirty-Fourth  Pennsylva 
nia,  under  Colonel  O'Brien,  on  the  right,  and  the  One  Hun 
dred  and  Twenty-Ninth  Pennsylvania,  Colonel  Frick,  on 
the  left;  the  second  line,  six  or  eight  paces  in  the  rear,  was 
made  up  of  the  One  Hundred  and  Twenty-Sixth  Pennsyl 
vania,  Colonel  Elder,  on  the  right,  and  the  Ninety-First 
Pennsylvania,  Colonel  Gregory,  on  the  left. 

While  the  brigade  was  thus  forming,  at  the  base  of  the  hill, 
a  battery  above  was  engaged  in  a  fearful  and  desperate  duel 
with  the  rebel  artillery — their  many  guns  concentrating  on 
it  a  converging  fire.  It  was  an  unequal  fight.  The  artillery 
men,  black  with  powder  and  smoke,  worked  like  fiends. 
Volunteers  were  sent  from  the  regiments  below.  In  a  short 
time  the  men  were  scattered  about  the  ground  dead,  and  the 
guns  were  rendered  useless  or  hauled  off.  At  this  moment 
General  Hooker  and  General  Butterfield  came  out  of  town, 
and  from  an  eminence  a  short  distance  to  the  rear,  prepared 
to  watch  the  effect  of  Humphreys'  charge. 

The  men  were  ordered  to  rely  solely  upon  the  bayonet  and 
cautioned  not  to  fire;  the  command:  "Officers,  twelve  paces 
to  the  front!"  was  given;  the  bugles  sounded  the  charge, 


T 1 1  K  BATTLE  OF  FREDERICKSBURG.  17     '    OST 

and  then,  with  cheer  upon  cheer,  the  hill  which  covered  the 
formation  was  ascended  and  the  charge  began.  The  ranks 
were  well  kept;  the  men  ran  steadily  and  in  line.  The 
brick  house  on  Marye's  Hill  was  already  reached.  The  even 
ing  was  fine;  it  was  just  beginning  to  grow  dark.  This 
was  the  fourth  charge  made  that  day  over  this  same  ground. 
Hancock  had  followed  French,  and  then  Howard  had  gone 
up  the  hill.  Each  charge  was  repulsed  after  fifteen  immor 
tal  minutes.  When  the  third  charge  failed,  Burnside, 
riding  down  to  the  Rappahannock,  (the  men  of  the  One 
Hundred  and  Twenty-Sixth  saw  him  pass,)  gazing  over  at 
those  heights,  exclaimed,  "That  crest  must  be  carried  to 
night!"  Humphreys  had  been  at  once  ordered  across.  So 
far  he  had  done  his  work  well.  "Xo  prettier  sight  was  ever 
seen,"  said  Hooker,  as  he  turned  to  leave  the  field  after  the 
failure  of  the  assault,  "than  the  charge  of  that  Division." 
General  Humphreys  himself,  a  stern  judge,  who,  brave  to 
a  fault,  exacted  much  of  the  soldiers  under  him  and  was  lit 
tle  given  to  compliment,  spoke  highly  of  the  conduct  of  his 
command.  General  Tyler  in  his  report  extols  their  gallant 
ry.  Harpers'  Pictorial,  a  week  after  the  charge,  contained 
a  large  wood-cut  illustration  of  it.  But  it  was  unsuccessful. 
In  front  of  the  brick  house  at  the  foot  of  the  crest,  and 
along  the  raised  ground  to  its  right  and  left,  lay  a  body  of 
men  in  line  prone  on  the  earth.  They  were  the  men  of  the 
last  preceding  charge.  Whether  they  did  not  wish  to  be 
run  over  by  the  men  and  the  officers  on  horseback,  or  from 
whatever  cause,  they  raised  partly -up,  cried  halt,  remon 
strated  with  violent  gesticulations  as  the  charging  line  came 
upon  them,  and  thereby  very  greatly  disarranged  the  ranks 
and  broke  the  force  of  the  charge.  But  the  column  passed 
over  them  like  a  storm.  Colonel  Elder  led  the  right  wing 
of  the  One  Hundred  and  Twenty-Sixth  to  the  right  of  the 
brick  house.  Lieutenant  Colonel  Rowe  sent  part  of  the 
left  wing,  placed  in  his  charge,  also  to  the  right,  and  led 


BATTLE  OF  FREDEBICKSBURG. 

the  two  left  companies,  II  and  K,  around  on  the  other 
side.  These  latter  companies  having  a  clear  field  pressed 
rapidly  beyond  the  house  and  quite  near  the  stone  wall, 
blazing  now  in  the  evening  with  the  enemy's  fire.  Colo 
nel  Elder,  with  those  who  went  to  the  right  of  the  house, 
was  greatly  obstructed  by  fences  in  the  way,  which  had  to 
be  broken  down.  Nevertheless  he  pushed  vigorously  beyond 
the  house  and  approached  the  stone  wall.  As  the  house 
was  passed  on  either  side,  the  fire  of  musketry,  which  was 
severe  before,  grew  terrific.  The  long  line  of  stone  wall  was 
a  sheet  of  flame.  From  every  eminence,  in  front,  to  right,  to 
left,  the  rebe.1  cannon  were  turned  on  the  charging  column. 
Whatever  was  to  be  done  must  be  done  quickly.  In  one 
moment  more  the  wall  could  be  gained.  How  it  came  about 
is  not  known,  but  certain  it  is  that  the  men  lying  in  front 
of  the  house,  who  had  been  passed  over,  began  to  fire  at 
the  enemy  through  our  advancing  lines.  Immediately  there 
was  a  stop.  The  fire  in  the  front,  the  fire  in  the  rear,  every 
flash  visible  in  the  twilight,  astounded  the  soldiers.  Be 
wildered,  they  stood  for  a  moment  irresolute;  then  in  their 
"excitement  began  to  fire  at  the  rebel  line.  This  was  fatal. 
The  charge  was  over.  All  its  momentum  was  lost.  It  was 
folly  to  think  of  leading  men  leisurely  up  to  that  blazing 
fence;  it  was  more  hopeless  still  to  expect  them  to  stand  still 
and  remain  enduring  that  fire.  The  officers  urged.  Colo 
nel  Elder,  gallantly  pushing  forward,  fell  badly  wounded. 
General  Tyler  was  struck  on  the  breast  with  a  piece  of 
shell.  General  Humphreys  already  had  two  horses  killed 
under  him,  and  was  raving  in  front  of  the  lines  —  urging 
the  men  on  whilst  pulling  his  holsters  from  under  his  dead 
horse.  Among  the  line  officers  of  the  One  Hundred  and 
Twenty-Sixth,  Dcebler,  Pott,  Wharton,  Walker,  Fletcher, 
and  Mackey,  had  been  carried  from  the  field.  Men  were 
falling  rapidly.  Their  feeble  fire  against  the  stone  wall 
was  futile.  It  was  growing  dark.  Lieutenant  Colonel  Howe 


w 

76  %  BATTLE  OF  FREDERICKSBURG. 

I 

was  on  the  left  of  the  regiment,  on  the  other  side  of  the  house, 
ignorant  that  Colonel  Elder  had  fallen.  The  regiment  was 
without  a  Major.  It  fell  back  with  the  rest  of  the  brigade 
to  the  protection  of  the  house,  and  descending  the  acclivity 
up  which  the  charge  had  been  made,  re-formed  under  the 
cover  of  the  hill  whence  the  charge  began. 

Of  the  character  of  the  work  which  this  division  was  put 
to  do,  and  of  the  behavior  of  the  men  who  followed  Humph 
reys  up  those  heights  on  that  December  evening,  Gene 
ral  Hooker  speaks  thus,  under  oath  a  week  afterward,  before 
the  Committee  on  the  Conduct  of  the  War;  and  he  who  won 
on  many  a  bloody  field  the  sobriquet  of  "Fighting  Joe,"  must 
be  supposed  no  mean  judge  of  a  brilliant  charge: 

Major  General  JOSEPH  HOOKER,  sworn  and  examined.* 

"About  2  o'clock,  on  that  day,  [December  13th,]  ^received  orders 
to  send  another  of  my  divisions  to  support  General  Sturgis,  and 
about  the  same  time  I  received  an  order  from  General  Burnside  to 
cross  over  my  other  two  divisions  and  attack  the  enemy  on  the  Tele 
graph  road— the  same  position  we  had  been  butting  against  all  day 
long.  As  soon  as  I  received  the  order  my  divisions  commenced 
crossing. 

"I  rode  forward  to  see  what  I  could  learn  from  the  officers — French, 
Wilcox,  Couch,  and  Hancock — who  had  been  engaged  in  the  attack. 
Their  opinion,  with  one  exception,  was  that  the  attack  should  not 
be  made  on  that  point.  After  conferring  with  them  I  went  to  exam 
ine  the  position  to  see  whether  or  not  it  could  be  turned.  Discover 
ing  no  weak  point,  and  seeing  that  many  of  the  troops  that  had  al 
ready  been  engaged  in  the  attack  were  considerably  demoralized, 
and  fearing  that  should  the  enemy  make  an  advance,  even  of  but  a 
small  column,  nothing  but  disaster  would  follow,  I  sent  1  my  Aid- 
de-camp  to  General  Burnside  to  say  that  I  advised  him  not  to  attack 
at  that  place.  He  returned,  saying  that  the  attack  must  be  made. 
I  had  the  matter  so  much  at  heart  that  I  put  spurs  to  my  horse  and 
rode  over  here, '[the  L^cy  House,  where  the  committee  were  sitting,] 
and  tried  to  dissuade  General  Burnside  from  making  the  attack.  He 
insisted  on  its  being  made. 

"I  then  returned  and  brought  up  every  available  battery  in  the 
city,  with  a  view  to  break  away  their  barriers  by  the  use  of  artillery. 
I  proceeded  against  the  barriers  as  I  would  against  a  fortification  and 

*See  Report  on  the  Conduct  of  the  War,  Part  1,  pp.  667,  671. 


HOOKER'S  TESTIMONY. 

endeavored  to  breach  a  hole  sufficiently  large  for  a  "forlorn  hope"  to 
enter.  Before  that,  the  attack  along  the  line,  it  seemed  to  me,  had 
been  too  general — not  sufficiently  concentrated.  I  had  two  batteries 
posted  on  the  left  of  the  road,  within  four  hundred  yards  of  the  po 
sition  upon  which  the  attack  was  to  be  made,  and  I  had  other  parts 
of  batteries  posted  on  the  right  of  the  road  at  the  distance  of  five  or 
six  hundred  yards.  I  had  all  these  batteries  playing  with  great 
vigor  until  sunset  upon  that  point,  but  with  110  apparent  effect 
upon  the  rebels  or  upon  their  works. 

During  the  last  part  of  the  cannonading  I  had  given  directions  to 
General  Humphreys'  division  to  form,  under  the  shelter  which  a 
small  hill  afforded,  in  column  for  assault.  AVheii  the  fire  of  the  ar 
tillery  ceased  I  gave  directions  for  the  enemy's  works  to  be  assaulted. 
General  Humphreys'  men  took  off  their  knapsacks,  overcoats  and 
haversacks.  They  were  directed  to  make  the  assault  with  empty 
muskets,  for  there  was  no  time  there  to  load  and  fire.  When  the 
word  was  given  the  men  moved  forward  with  great  impetuosity. 
They  ran  and  hurrahed,  and  I  was  encouraged  by  the  great  good  feel 
ing  that  pervaded  them.  The  head  of  General  Humphreys'  column 
advanced  to  within,  perhaps,  fifteen  or  twenty  yards  of  the  stone 
wall,  which  was  the  advanced  position  which  the  rebels  held — and 
then  they  were  thrown  back  as  quickly  as  they  had  advanced.  Pro 
bably  the  whole  of  the  advance  and  the  retiring  did  not  occupy  fif 
teen  minntes.  They  left  behind,  as  was  reported,  seventeen  hun 
dred  and  sixty  of  their  number,  out  of  about  four  thousand. 

"I  may  as  well  state  here  that  Sykes'  division  was  drawn  up  to 
support  Humphreys,  so  that  in  case  he  should  succeed,  I  could  throw 
forward  all  the  force  that  I  had  left — Sykes'  division,  about  four 
thousand  men — to  hold  the  position  in  face  of  thirty  thousand  who 
were  massed  behind  that  wall.  That  was  why  I  did  not  like  to 
make  the  attack,  because  even  if  successful,  I  could  not  hold  the  po 
sition.  It  was  now  just  dark.  Finding  that  I  had  lost  as  many  men 
as  my  orders  required  me  to  lose,  I  suspended  the  attack,  and  direct 
ed  that  the  men  should  hold,  for  the  advance  line  between  Frede 
ricksburg  and  the  enemy,  a  ditch  that  runs  along  about  midway  be 
tween  the  enemy's  lines  and  the  city,  which  would  afford  a  shelter 
for  the  men. 

"I  will  say  that,  in  addition  to  the  musketry  fire  that  my  men 
were  exposed  to,  the  crests  of  the  hills  surrounding  Fredericksburg 
form  almost  a  semi-circle,  and  these  were  filled  with  artillery,  and 
the  focus  was  the  column  that  moved  up  to  this  assault.  That  focus 
was  within  good  canister  range,  though  I  do  not  think  any  canister 
was  thrown  on  my  men  that  day.  All  these  difficulties  were  appa 
rent  and  perfectly  well  known  to  me  before  I  went  into  this  assault. 


f  t  BATTLE  OF  FRKDERICKSBURG.     . 

They  were  known  also  to  other  officers.  General  French  said  to  me 
that  the  whole  army  could  not  take  that  point." 

Question. — Had  you  made  any  impression  upon  their  works? 

Answer. — Not  the  slightest;  no  more  than  you  could  make  upon 
the  side  of  a  mountain  of  rock. 

Question. — How  did  the  men  behave  during  the  attack? 

Answer. — They  behaved  well.  There  never  was  anything  more 
glorious  than  the  behavior  of  the  men.  No  CAMPAIGN  IN  THE 

WOULD  EVER  SAW  A  MORE  GALLANT  ADVANCE  THAN  HUMPH 
REYS7  MEN  MADE  THERE.  But  they  were  put  to  do  a  work  that 
110  men  could  do." 

Colonel  Elder  was  carried  from  the  spot  where  he  fell  to 
the  brick  house,  and  after  a  while  into  Fredericksburg  to  the 
hospital,  where  he  was  placed  in  charge  of  Doctor  Nugent. 
His  left  leg  near  the  thigh  was  fearfully  shattered,  and  his 
life  for  a  time  was  despaired  of.  He  was  subsequently  con 
veyed  to  Washington,  where  he  remained  until  the  regiment 
was  mustered  out,  the  command  of  it  devolving,  thenceforth, 
on  the  Lieutenant  Colonel.  The  wounds  of  Captain  Dceb- 
ler  also  prevented  his  return,  and  Lieutenant  Welsh  was  in 
charge  of  Company  A  from  this  time.  During  the  charge 
the  color-bearer  of  the  One  Hundred  and  Thirty-Fourth 
regiment  was  shot,  and  the  colors  of  that  regiment  were 
rescued  and  safely  brought  off  by  George  E.  Jones,  of  com 
pany  H,  One  Hundred  and  Twenty-Sixth,  and  returned  by 
Lieutenant  Colonel  Rowc  to  the  regiment.  The  brigade 
went  into  action  two  thousand  strong,  and  lost  in  the  few 
minutes  of  the  charge,  thirty-three  officers  and  four  hun 
dred  and  twenty-three  men. 

•  About  9  o'clock  at  night  the  brigade  was  withdrawn  from 
the  field  and  rested  in  the  streets  of  the  town.  At  3  A.  M., 
however,  it  was  again  taken  under  Colonel  Gregory  to  the 
scene  of  the  evening's  charge.  Everything  no\v  was  perfect 
ly  quiet,  not  a  gun  broke  the  stillness  of  the  night.  The 
groans  of  the  wounded  rang  out  clear  in  the  night  air.  The 
ground  was  strewed  with  the  dead  and  dying,  and  the  ambu 
lances  and  stretcher-bearers  flitted  quickly  and  quietly  over 


BATTLE  OF  FREDERICKSBURG. 

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the  field.  A  deep  mist  obscured  everything.  Lieutenant 
Walker  was  out  with  a  party  detailed  for  the  purpose,  seek 
ing  all  night  long  the  wounded  and  dead  of  the  One  Hun 
dred  and  Twenty-Sixth.  Until  daylight  the  regiment  lay 
on  the  ascent  below  the  brick  house.  In  the  morning  the 
brigade  was  relieved  and  taken  by  General  Tyler  into  Fred- 
ericksburg,  the  One  Hundred  and  Twenty-Sixth  being  quar 
tered  in  a  graveyard  opposite  the  office  of  G.  H.  C.  Eowe, 
Esq.,  which  was  used  as  regimental  headquarters.  The  14th 
was  Sunday.  On  the  evening  of  the  15th,  the  One  Hun 
dred  and  Twenty-Sixth  was  posted  as  a  strong  picket  along 
one  of  the  streets  in  the  suburbs.  From  this  duty  it  was 
subsequently  taken,  toward  midnight,  and  hurriedly  con 
ducted  across  the  city  and  out  to  the  left  beyond  the  limits 
of  the  town,  across  a  stream  and  up  a  road  to  a  small  brick 
house.  Here  four  companies  were  held  in  reserve,  and  the 
remainder  were  posted  on  the  edge  of  a  precipitous  hill 
running  in  a  semi-circle  round  to  the  railroad.  The  ene 
my's  pickets  could  be  heard  talking.  The  men  crawled 
quietly  to  their  places  and  lay  flat  down,  their  guns  point 
ing  through  the  fence.  Arrived  at  the  block-house,  Lieu 
tenant  Colonel  Howe  placed  therein  Captain  Brownson,  with 
a  dozen  of  his  men,  and  sent  Captain  Walker  with  six  of 
company  E's  men  across  to  the  railroad.  Just  at  this 
time  the  moon  shone  out  brightly  for  a  little  while,  throwing 
long  shadows  down  the  hill,  rendering  what  was  doing  ob 
servable  to  the  enemy.  But  fortunately  the  changing  of 
the  pickets  was  now  accomplished.  Soon,  however,  it  grew 
dark  again  and  towards  morning  rained  very  hard.  All  night 
long  the  army  of  Burnside  had  been  busy  seeking  the  North 
bank  of  the  Eappahannock,  yet  so  quietly  that  not  the  re 
bels  only  but  this  regiment  (except  one  or  two  officers)  knew 
nothing  of  it. 

Toward  daylight  an  order  came  to  withdraw  the  command 
as  speedily  and  cautiously  as  possible.     Colonel  Eowe  had 


LENTZ  IN  THE  BLOCK-HOUSE. 

hardly  begun  to  put  this  order  in  execution  before  it  was 
countermanded,  and  the  men  had  to  be  put  back.  Then 
part  of  a  company  of -the  Ninety-First  under  Captain  Lentz, 
and  also  a  body  of  Berdan's  sharpshooters  were  sent  to  him. 
Again  the  order  came  to  withdraw,  and  again  it  was  coun 
termanded  by  fast-riding  aids-de-camp.  The  army  was  not 
yet  quite  over  the  river.  The  Lieutenant  Colonel  was  ex 
ceedingly  fearful  these  movements  among  the  pickets  would 
draw  the  attention  of  the  enemy.  It  was  a  long  time  grow 
ing  light,  but  now  at  length  it  was  broad-day,  when,  not  too 
soon,  the  order  came  to  hasten  to  the  bridges.  The  regi 
ment  was  hastily  collected  together.  Lentz,  with  his  men 
and  the  sharp-shooters,  were  to  remain  until  the  One  Hun 
dred  and  Twenty-Sixth  should  begin  to  move  down  the  road 
to  town  and  then  fall  in  as  skirmishers  011  the  flank  and  rear. 
All  this  was  happily  executed  (with  one  oversight),  and  the 
regiment,  double-quicking,  entered  the  town,  found  the  low 
er  bridge  taken  away,  hastened  to  the  upper  bridge,  without 
stopping  for  the  knapsacks  which  had  been  stored  when 
about  to  proceed  to  the  charge.  This  bridge  had  also  been 
swung  out  into  the  river,  but  was  now  put  back,  and  the  regi 
ment  crossed  over  to  the  other  side.  Then  the  bridge  was 
again  cut  loose  and  Fredericksburg  was  abandoned  by  the 
Union  army.  The  One  Hundred  and  Twenty-Sixth  was  the 
last  regiment  to  cross. 

But  Captain  Lentz  with  six  of  his  men  was  in  the  block 
house.  Lieutenant  Bonsai! ,  of  F,  the  officer  sent  to  with 
draw  the  pickets  and  convey  the  orders  to  Lentz,  had 
mistaken  his  lieutenant  for  him,  and  he  was  in  utter  ig 
norance  of  what  was  doing.  Here  he  remained  some 
time  alone  (he  and  his  six  men)  of  all  the  army,  in  front 
of  the  enemy.  A  rebel  soldier,  approaching  cautiously, 
found  six  guns  suddenly  thrust  out  at  him,  and  surren 
dered.  Brought  into  the  block-house  he  surprised  Lentz 
with  the  news  of  the  evacuation  of  Fredericksburg.  Look- 


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24  BACK  IN  CAMP. 

ing  out  he  saw  the  Union  line  deserted  and  the  rebels 
gathering  towards  the  block-house.  He  left  suddenly  with 
his  prisoner,  down  the  steep  hill,  across  the  canal,  through 
the  edge  ot  the  town,  the  other  end  of  which  was  swarm 
ing  with  rebels,  hid  behind  the  abutment  of  the  destroyed 
bridge,  until  a  gallant  little  fellow,  a  drummer,  swam  across 
fora  skiff,  which,  brought  back,  saved  most  of  Lentz's  party. 
The  morning  of  the  16th  the  regiment  breakfasted  in  the 
pine  woods  where  it  had  bivouacked  the  night  of  the  12th, 
and  after  noon  settled  down  in  the  former  camp.  It  left 
camp  with  twenty-six  officers  and  six  hundred  and  six  men, 
but  company  I,  having  been  detached  as  hospital  guard,  did 
not  participate  in  the  action. 

A  few  days  after  the  battle  of  Fredericksburg,  the  Rev. 
John  Ault  joined  the  regiment  as  Chaplain.  He  remained 
with  it,  however,  only  until  the  18th  of  January,  when  the 
rnud-march  was  begun,  at  which  time,  being  sick,  he  went 
home  on  leave,  and  did  not  rejoin  the  command  again  until 
it  arrived  at  Harrisburg  for  muster-out.  Until  the  mud- 
march  the  life  in  camp  was  monotonous  and  devoid  of  ex 
citement.  The  courts-martial  of  Lieutenants  Cook  and 
Hornbaker,  of  the  One  Hundred  and  Twenty-Sixth,  and  af 
terwards  of  Colonels  Frick  and  Armstrong,  of  the  One  Hun 
dred  and  Twenty-Ninth,  which  grew  out  of  the  dress-coat 
difficulty,  alone  gave  any  zest  to  it.  Lieutenants  Cook  and 
Hornbaker  left  the  regiment  at  Antietam  after  the  battle, 
when  the  regiment  was  under  orders  to  move,  and  went  home, 
sick,  with  the  Surgeon's  leave — but  there  was  want  of  for 
mality  in  procuring  the  leaves  of  absence.  Though  both  un 
doubtedly  sick  and  wholly  unfit  for  duty  in  the  field,  they 
failed  to  send  to  the  headquarters  of  the  regiment  the  cer 
tificates  required  by  regulations  and  orders.  They  were  ac 
cordingly  found  guilty  and  dismissed,  and  left  as  the  com 
mand  started  on  the  mud-march.  The  dismissal  of  Lieuten 
ant  Cook,  upon  a  full  presentation  ot  his  case,  was  after- 


DRESS-COATS.  25    ^  K 

wards,  and  after  the  master  out  of  the  regiment,  justly  re 
voked  by  order  of  the  President.  It  is  to  his  credit,  that 
being  under  arrest  at  the  time  of  the  battle  of  Fredericks- 
burg,  he  asked  permission  to  have  his  sword  and  command 
restored  in  order  to  his  taking  part  in  the  battle,  which  was 
refused.  Lieutenant  Hornbaker  made  no  effort  to  have  his 
sentence  reversed,  but  subsequently  entered  the  army  as  a 
private  and  effaced  whatever  stain  there  was  upon  his  re 
cord,  if  any,  by  his  death  on  the  field  of  battle. 

The  difficulty  about  the  dress-coats,  which  was  quite 
an  episode  in  the  life  of  tne  regiment,  was  succinctly 
this:  About  the  10th  of  January,  1863,  General  Humphreys 
issued  an  order  that  all  the  men  should  draw  dress-coats. 
Now,  whatever  clothing  the  men  drew  above  a  prescribed 
quantity,  they  were  charged  with,  and  they  were  alrea 
dy  amply  provided  with  blouses  and  warm  under-cloth 
ing.  Dress-coats  were  superfluous  for  comfort.  This  was 
represented  to  the  Division  General,  but  he  clung  to  his 
caprice,  and  the  men  refused  to  take  the  coats.  The  regi 
mental  and  company  commanders  were  placed  in  an  awk 
ward  position.  The  order  was  arbitrary,  but  it  was  imper 
ative.  They  finally  refused  to  compel  their  men,  and  were 
placed  in  arrest.  They  were,  in  the  end,  forced  to  yield 
and  made  the  necessary  requisitions,  and  the  men  took  the 
coats  off  their  hands,  but  threw  them  away,  and  the  only 
effect  of  the  order  was  to  subtract  several  dollars  from  each 
man's  pay.  The  Colonel  and  Lieutenant  Colonel  of  the  One 
Hundred  and  Twenty-Ninth  remained  contumacious,  were 
placed  in  arrest,  tried  and  dismissed  the  service,  but  were 
restored  again  by  the  President,  and  wrote  in  their  vindica 
tion  a  book  called  "Red  Tape  and  Pigeon  Hole  Generals." 

But  now  the  time  had  come  for  Burnside  to  move  again. 
At  2J  o'clock,  P.  M.,  of  Tuesday,  the  20th  of  January,  the 
brigade  to  which  the  One  Hundred  and  Twenty-Sixth  was 

attached  (Tyler's)  marched  out  of  camp  and  journeyed  two     § 

,  <?Z 


;>(>  THE  MUD-MARCH. 

miles  on  the  famous  mud-march.  Towards  evening  it  be 
gan  to  rain  and  continued  to  rain  all  night,  sometimes  with 
much  violence.  The  men  were  drenched;  the  roads  were 
made  dreadful.  It  rained  the  next  day,  during  which  the 
command  made  some  four  miles.  On  the  22nd,  the  brigade 
lay  in  a  woods  where  it  had  encamped  the  night  before. 
This  day  there  was  no  forward  movement.  The  afternoon 
was  employed  in  making  corduroy  road.  There  was  no 
thought  of  going  ahead;  how  to  get  back  was  the  question. 
Pontoon  trains,  wagons,  guns,  ammunition  trains,  encumber 
ed  the  roads.  Horses  and  ramies  were  everywhere  flounder 
ing  in  the  mud.  The  soil,  though  tenacious,  was  with 
out  bottom.  The  supply  trains  could  not  be  brought  up. 
The  whole  army,  therefore,  was  put  to  corduroying.  Regi 
ments  could  be  seen  coming  across  the  country  like  moving 
groves,  every  man  carrying  a  tree  top.  So  Birmim  Wood 
once  came  to  Dunsinane. 

s      "Let  every  soldier  hew  him  down  u  bough, 
And  bear  't  before  him." 

Behind  came  others  bearing  the  rails  of  rifled  fences.  The 
branches  thrown  into  the  mud  made  a  bed  for  the  rails. 
Whole  woods  were  cut  down  and  thrown  into  the  road.  On 
Frida}*,  whiskey  rations  were  issued  to  the  command,  and 
the  same  work  was  continued.  At  length,  on  Saturday,  the 
24th,  the  brigade  marched  back  over  the  road  it  had  helped 
to  make  to  the  former  camp,  and  so  the  mud-march  ended. 
Burnside  after  this  resigned,  and  Hooker  became  command 
er  of  the  Army  of  the  Potomac.  General  Meade  was 
assigned  to  the  command  of  the  Fifth  Corps. 

For  three  months  all  grand  military  operations  ceased. 
In  this  interval,  however,  the  troops  were  constantly  and  en 
ergetically  drilled  and  disciplined.  The  ranks  were  tilled 
up.  Clothing  was  furnished,  and  excellent  food  in  abun 
dance.  A  system  of  furloughs  was  instituted.  From  the 
1st  of  February  till  the  1st  of  May,  the  regiment  daily  grew 
better  in  physique  and  morale. 


A  NEW  CAMP. 

On  Monday,  the  2d  of  February,  Tyler's  brigade  was 
transferred  from  the  camp  it  had  hitherto  occupied,  near 
Falmouth,  to  another  a  mile  or  two  further  West,  where  were 
greater  conveniences  of  wood  and  water.  The  new  location 
was  a  very  beautiful  as  well  as  advantageous  one.  The  're 
giments  were  in  the  woods,  on  the  sides  of  gently  sloping 
hills,  at  the  foot  of  which  ran  a  stream  of  clear  water.  The 
One  Hundred  and  Twenty-Sixth  and  One  Hundred  and 
Twenty-Ninth  were  placed  side  by  side  and  over  against  the 
Ninety-First  and  One  Hundred  and  Thirty-Fourth,  on  the 
other  side  of  the  stream.  Brigade  head-quarters  were  near 
by,  on  a  bluff,  amidst  cedars.  This  camp  was  the  home  of  the 
regiment  during  the  remainder  of  its  term  of  service.  Three 
quiet  months  were  passed  here  in  picket  and  drill,  and  in 
spection  and  parade;  in  eating,  sleeping,  smoking;  in  going 
to  camps,  and  hurdle-races  and  home  (as  to  some);  in  draw 
ing  rations  and  washing,  and  writing  love-letters;  in  roll- 
calls  and  reviews;  in  camp  and  hospital  guard,  and  burials 
of  the  dead  with  muffled  drum. 

Among  the  occurrences  of  this  time  which  excited  a  lively 
interest  in  the  men  of  the  One  Hundred  and  Twenty-Sixth 
regiment,  was  the  presentation  to  General  Tyler,  by  the  men 
and  officers  of  his  brigade,  of  a  magnificent  young  horse, 
named  "Young  Salem,"  of  "Grey  Eagle"  stock,  pure  white, 
and  superbly  beautiful, — bought  in  Ohio  for  a  large  sum, — 
together  with  the  necessary  trappings  and  housings,  and  a 
splendidly  mounted  sword  and  spurs.  The  visit,  also,  of 
Governor  Andrew  G.  Curtin,  m  March,  and  the  subsequent 
review  by  General  Polardi,  a  Swiss  officer  of  rank,  served 
to  relieve  the  tedium  of  the  days. 

About  the  25th  of  February,  Stuart  pressed  back  our  ca 
valry  out-posts,  which  created  some  excitement  in  camp. 
The  regiment  was  hastily  forwarded  to  the  picket  line,  and 
kept  under  arms  all  night — a  night  which  will  remain  long 
in  the  memories  of  the  men  on  dutv.  "It  snowed  and 


LIFE  IX  CAMP. 

blowed,"  said  they  upon  their  return,  "and  we  marched  in 
a  circle  all  night  long  through  the  snow  and  mud  to  keep 
warm." 

.The  22d  of  February  was  duly  observed  by  the  firing  of 
cannon  in  the  morning,  which,  naturally  enough,  was  mis 
taken  at  first  for  a  fierce  attack  by  the  enemy.  But  the  re 
pose  at  head-quarters,  and  the  absence  of  gay  Aids  hurrying 
with  sharp  messages,  quieted  all  such  apprehensions.  On 
this  anniversary  of  the  birth  of  Washington,  celebrated  by 
the  Army  of  the  Potomac,  in  the  midst  of  a  great  war  for 
the  Union  which  he  founded,  an  echo  in  every  soldier's 
breast  responded  to  the  loud  acclaims  of  the  deep-mouthed 
cannon. 

At  Head- Quarters  of  the  Regiment:  On  the  25th  of  Feb 
ruary,  Lieutenant  Colonel  Rowe  was  made  President  of  a 
court-martial  and  military  commission  which  sat  at  the 
head-quarters  of  Allabach's  brigade,  and  remained  on  this 
special  duty  until  the  17th  of  March,  when  he  took  com 
mand  of  the  brigade  for  ten  days.  During  this  period,  Cap 
tain  Andrew  E.  Davison,  the  senior  captain  present,  com 
manded  the  regiment.  On  the  31st  of  March,  Cfcptain  Rob 
ert  S.  Brownson,  of  Company  C,  was  mustered  in  as  Ma 
jor,  and  assumed  command  as  such.  Adjutant  John  Stew 
art  was  appointed  by  General  Humphreys,  on  the  llth  of 
April,  Commissary  of  Musters  for  the  Third  Division,  Fifth 
Corps,  and  Lieutenant  George  F.  Platt  acted  as  Adjutant 
thereafter.  In  April,  Assistynt  Surgeon  Grube  was  trans 
ferred  to  the  Sixth  Corps.  B.  B.  Ilenshey,  the  Hospital 
Steward,  having  been  discharged  on  account  of  disability, 
on  the  1st  of  the  same  month,  Lewis  Keyser  was  appointed 
to  fill  his  place.  Nugent,  resting  from  the  amputations  and 
dressings  of  Fredericksburg,  and  the  Assistant  Surgeon, 
Swift,  dealt  out,  at  the  hour  of  the  Surgeon's  call,  the  daily 
portions  of  quinine  and  calomel;  while  ISTill,  the  Quarter 
master,  and  his  aids,  Allison  and  Kinsler,  (what  time  the 


LIKE  IN  CAMP. 

reveille  had  summoned  the  men  from  their  downless  couches 
to  the  labors  of  the  day,)  devoted  themselves  assiduously 
to  the  diurnal  duty  of  issuing  hard-tack  and  pork.  The  Ser 
geant  Major,  Ziegler,  was  busy  in  the  Adjutant's  quarters 
with  the  morning  reports,  or  flitting  about  the  camp  with 
unwelcome  details  for  picket  or  guard.  Miller  and  Dono 
van,  and  their  comrade  musicians,  were  ever  and  anon, 
throughout  the  day,  sounding  their  too-accustomed  calls; 
and  Tommy  Daily  and  Kauffrnan,  the  color-sergeants,  at 
the  hour  of  dress-parade,  brought  out  the  colors  which  they 
carried  so  gallantly  up  the  heights  of  Fredericksbnrg,  and 
which  they  were  destined  to  wave  so  lightly  in  the  face  of 
the  enemy  in  the  dark  woods  about  Chancellorsville. 

In  the  Companies  :  In  February,  Captain  William  H.  Da- 
vison  was  appointed  Assistant  Inspector  General  on  the 
Staff  of  General  Tyler,  and  detached  thenceforth  until  the 
muster  out  of  the  regiment.  The  command  of  the  compa 
ny  devolved  on  Lieutenant  James  Pott;  the  First  Lieuten 
ant,  Henry  M.  Hoke,  having  been  made  Division  Ordnance 
Officer  in  October,  1862,  and  detached  on  the  staff  of  Gene 
ral  Humphreys.  On  the  promotion  of  Brownson,  James 
P.  M'Cullough  was  advanced  to  Captain  from  First  Lieu 
tenant,  to  which  he  had  been  promoted  on  the  discharge  of 
Hornbaker.  The  First-Lieutenancy  remained  vacant.  Lieu 
tenant  Trout,  in  command  of  a  detachment  of  thirty  men, 
was  on  duty  at  the  General  Hospital,  Stoneman's  Switch, 
from  the  16th  of  January  till  the  16th  of  March.  John  H. 
Reed  resigned  the  captaincy  of  company  D  in  January,  and 
Josiah  C.  Hollinger  was  its  commander  subsequently,  with 
Platt  as  First  Lieutenant  and  McCauley  as  Second.  All  the 
officers  of  company  H  were  absent  on  account  of  wounds 
for  two  months  succeeding  the  battle  of  Fredericksbnrg,  and 
in  the  interval  of  their  absence,  Lieutenant  Walker,  of  E, 
first,  and  afterwards  Lieutenant  McWilliams,  of  F,  was  as 
signed  to  the  command  of  that  company.  Benjamin  F. 


LIFE  IX  CAMP. 

Zook  was  made  Second  Lieutenant  of  company  G  in  the 
place  of  Harry  Fortescue,  mourned  by  his  company.  Lieu 
tenant  Rovve  commanded  A.  R.  Davison's  company  while 
the  latter  had  charge  of  the  regiment,  and  John  W.  P.  Reid 
was  tor  a  while  Ambulance  Officer.  Company  A  was  kept 
small  by  details  from  it,  and  Doebler  was  much  missed  by 
his  men,  but  his  absence  was  not  regretted  more  by  them 
than  by  Welsh  and  McLenegan,  his  Lieutenants.  Captain 
William  W.  Walker,  enjoying  a  better  fortune  than  most 
others,  obtained  from  General  Hooker  a  leave  of  absence  for 
twenty  days  for  the  benefit  of  his  health,  and  hied  him  off 
to  Waynesboro',  leaving  George  Walker  and  Brenneman  to 
look  after  company  E.  This  was  before  the  epoch  of  "leaves" 
and  furloughs.  George  L.  Miles  and  McCurdy  were  accus 
tomed,  in  these  peaceful  times,  to  take  a  quiet  delight  in  ex 
ercising  their  men  in  the  manual  of  arms;  and  while  Martin 
of  I  watched  with  fatherly  care  over  his  men,  and  Davis 
amused  himself  with  the  drill,  the  honest  Lieutenant  Degan 
enjoyed  himself  often  on  extra  and  special  duty. 

Lieutenant  Bon  sail,  of  Captain  Wharton's  company,  was 
in  arrest  from  the  time  of  the  battle  of  Fredericksburg  un 
til  the  29th  of  January,  on  the  following  charge  and  specifi 
cation  : 

Charge:  Failure  to  deliver  orders  entrusted  to  him  by  his  com 
manding  officer  for  delivery. 

Specification:  In  this,  that  he,  the  said  Lieutenant  James  C.  Bonsall, 
of  company  F,  One  Hundred  and  Twenty-Sixth  Pennsylvania 
Volunteers,  whilst  his  company  and  regiment  were  on  picket 
duty  to  the  front  and  left  of  Fredericksburg,  having  been  order 
ed  by  Lieutenant  Colonel  D.  Watson  Howe,  the  officer  com 
manding  his  regiment,  to  communicate  an  order  of  Brigadier 
General  Humphreys'  to  the  commanding  officer  of  the  Berdan 
Sharp-shooters,  and  to  the  commanding  officer  of  a  company  of 
the  Ninety-First  Pennsylvania  Infantry,  on  the  picket  line  held 
by  the  said  One  Hundred  and  Twenty-Sixth  regiment,  in  rela 
tion  to  the  withdrawal  of  the  said  sharp-shooters  and  the  said 
company  of  the  Ninety-First,  did  fail  to  deliver  said  order  to  the 
commanding  officer  of  the  said  company.  This  at  or  about  6 
o'clock  A.  M.,  of  the  16th  day  of  December,  1862. 


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This  charge  was  tried  by  a  court-martial,  and  Lieutenant 
Bonsall  was  not  found  wholly  blameless,  but  was  restored 
to  duty.  His  duties  during  the  entire  night  of  the  15th  were 
of  an  arduous  and  dangerous  character,  being  constantly 
sent  with  orders  along  the  picket  line,  withdrawing  and  re 
placing  the  men;  yet  he  performed  them  with  fidelity  and 
alacrity.  The  blame  principally  attached,  in  the  opinion  of 
the  Court-Martial,  to  the  officer  ot  Lentz's  party  to  whom 
Bonsall  communicated  the  order,  after  asking  for  the  officer 
commanding  the  party,  and  being  referred  to  him  as  such, 
and  who  failed  to  notify  his  captain  of  its  reception;  and 
they  found  him  guilty  and  inflicted  upon  him  a  sentence  of 
extraordinary  severity.  This,  however,  General  Humphreys 
did  not  approve.  In  consequence  of  the  failure  to  receive 
Colonel  Howe's  order,  Lentz  and  his  men  were  in  great  dan 
ger,  and  some  of  them  were  captured,  as  before  narrated. 

Many  other  things  occurred  in  this  interval  between  the 
battles  of  Fredericksburg  and  Chancellorsville,  which  it 
would  be  pleasant  to  relate,  but  the  limits  of  a  brief  Sketch 
forbid. 

The  Changes  in  the  Rank  and  File  of  the  Companies:  "Who, 
among  the  thousand  men,  was  killed;  who  was  wounded; 
who  nobly  died;  who  meanly  deserted;  who  was  discharged 
or  taken  prisoner;  who  was  promoted  and  who  reduced,  will 
be  found  in  the  following  pages  in  a  compact  shape.  In  the 
List  of  Casualties  are  gathered  the  heroes  of  the  battles. 
But  not  all  of  them;  for  many  brave  men  escaped  unharm 
ed — too  many  to  be  mentioned  by  name.  Many  gallant 
deeds  of  officers  and  men  must  remain  unwritten,  to  be  told 
and  talked  of  by  the  cheerful  fire  of  a  winter's  night;  and 
many  interesting  stories  and  laughable  incidents  and,  per 
haps,  some  pitiful  tales,  like  that  of  Susan  S.  Edrington, 
—the  sweet  young  lady  of  seventeen  summers,  who  died  on 
the  picket  line — must  be  reserved  for  those  private  recitals. 

In  this  Sketch  a  simple  chain  of  occurrences  has  been 


MARCH  TO  CHANCELLORSVILLE. 

forged,  each  link  of  which,  like  a  morning  drum-beat 
to  a  spectral  army,  will  call  up  before  the  minds  of  the 
participants  in  the  scenes  described,  a  thousand  departed 
and  long-forgotten  associations  connected  with  bivouac  and 
battle. 

On  Monday, "the  27th  of  April,  Lieutenant  Colonel  Howe 
received  orders  to  be  ready  to  move  the  regiment  at  12  M., 
and  at  that  hour  the  march  was  taken  up  'for  Chancellors- 
ville.  The  effective  of  the  regiment  was  twenty-nine  offi 
cers  and  live  hundred  and  seventy-seven  men;  but  Captain 
W.  W.  Walker's  company  having  been  detailed  for  guard 
duty,  was  temporarily  detached -from  the  regiment,  decreas 
ing  its  strength  by  three  officers  and  fifty-six  men.  Pro 
ceeding  up  the  river  on  Monday  and  Tuesday,  the  Rappa- 
hannock  was  crossed  on  Wednesday,  at  Kelly's  Ford,  by 
means  of  pontoons.  Crossing  Mountain  creek  the  same  eve 
ning  and  halting  long  in  the  darkness  of  the  night,  on 
Thursday,  the  30th,  the  Rapidan  was  passed  at  Ely's  Ford. 
It  was  an  inspiring  sight — the  crossing  of  the  Rapidan.  The 
long  column  moving  clowh  into  the  swift  river,  stretching 
across  and  far  up  the  long  and  gentle  ascent  on  the  south 
ern  side;  the  men  wading  arm-pit  deep,  clothes  and  car 
tridge  boxes  swinging  on  the  bayonets  of  the  guns  held  well 
up  in  the  air.  Having  encamped  over  night  in  a  wood  of 
thick-standing  pines,  on  the  1st  of  May,  (Friday,)  the  direct 
road  to  Chancellorsville  was  taken,  and  shortly  before  noon 
the  regiment,  with  the  brigade,  was  massed  by  the  side  of 
the  Chancellor  House,  a  solitary  large  brick  dwelling,  on  an 
open  clearing  of  some  three  hundred  .yards  in  extent  each 
way,  in  the  margin  of  the  Wilderness,  which  constitutes 
Chancellorsville.  Precisely  at  12  M.,  the  first  gun  of  the 
great,  fight  opened.  Three  roads  run  east  from  Chancel 
lorsville  towards  Fredericksburg:  on  the  right,  the  plank 
road;  to  its  left,  the  turnpike,  uniting  with  the  former  at 
Tabernacle  Church;  still  to  the  left,  and  not  far  from  the 


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river,  a  road  leading  to  Bank's  Ford.  Slocum's  corps  took 
the  plank  road,  Sykes'  division  the  turnpike,  and  Meade, 
with  Griffin's  and  Humphreys'  divisions,  advanced  on  the 
river  road  for  five  miles  and  came  within  sight  of  Bank's 
Ford.  Thus  this  ford  was  uncovered  and  a  position  obtained 
out  of  the  Wilderness  on  a  commanding  ridge.  As  sud 
denly  as  unaccountably  the  three  columns  were  ordered 
back.  Tyler's  brigade  hastened  back  at  the  double-quick 
the  whole  distance  to  Chancellorsville,  and  came  in  just  as 
Sykes  was  arriving,  skirmishing  hotly  with  the  enemy  who 
had  followed  him  closely.  Tyler  was  just  able  to  get  in 
without  becoming  engaged.  On  Friday  evening,  the  One 
Hundred  and  Twenty-Sixth,  with  the  brigade,  lay  quite  near 
the  Chancellor  House,  being  on  the  left  of  the  line  of  bat 
tle,  which  stretched  along  the  Orange  plank  road,  west 
ward  about  four  miles.  On  Saturday,  Humphreys  was  mov 
ed  back  near  to  the  Rappahannock,  to  the  vicinity  of  Scott's 
Dam,  and  held  a  formidable  position  there  on  high  and  steep 
bluffs,  which  he  lined  with  artillery.  Here  the  One  Hun 
dred  and  Twenty-Sixth  lay  during  Saturday  and  Saturday- 
night,  whilst  Jackson  made  his  famous  onslaught  on  the  Elev 
enth  and  Twelfth  Corps.  The  enemy  occasionally  showed 
himself  on  this  part  of  the  line,  but  made  no  attack  or  ad 
vance.  Early  on  Sunday  morning,  however,  Tyler's  bri 
gade  was  moved  down  from  the  heights  which  it  held,  and 
hurried  to  the  right.  Along  the  road  lay  the  Eleventh 
Corps  greatly  shattered,  ready  to  occupy  the  position  evac 
uated. 

About  eight  o'clock  Tyler  reached  the  open  ground  and 
the  road  running  from  Chancellorsville  to  Ely's  Ford,  and 
prepared  at  once  for  action.  In  the  hasty  march  to  the 
right,  about  thirty  men  of  the  regiment  had  seized  the  op 
portunity  to  drop  out  among  the  men  of  the  Eleventh  Corps, 
and  the  Lieutenant  Colonel  commanding  having  ordered 
the  rolls  to  be  called,  four  hundred  and  ninety  men  only 


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34  BATTLE  OF  CHANCELLORSYILLE. 

responded  to  their  names;  but  they  were  to  be  relied  upon, 
and  the  regiment  was  still  comparatively  large.  Shortly  the 
order  came  to  move  into  position  in  the  line  of  battle,  and 
Lieutenant  Colonel  Webb,  of  General  Meade's  staff — across 
the  open  space  swept  by  the  batteries,  down  into  the  dense 
woods  a  good  distance — led  the  brigade  and  placed  it  on  the 
right  of  General  French,  whom  it  was  to  support,  and  under 
his  orders.  Captain  W.  W.  Walker's  company  having  been 
detached  as  before-mentioned,  did  not  participate  in  the  ac 
tion,  but  a  few  of  its  men  went  in  with  Win.  II.  Davison's 
company. 

The  brigade  was  just  getting  into  position  on  the  right  of 
French,  (in  the  order  from  right  to  left  of  Ninety-First,  One 
Hundred  and  Thirty-Fourth,  One  Hundred  and  Twenty- 
Sixth,  and  One  Hundred  and  Twenty-Ninth,)  when  a  scout 
brought  word  to  Colonel  Rowe,  which  was  at  once  commu 
nicated  to  General  Tyler,  that  the  enem}7  was  hurrying 
masses  to  the  right  and  would  advance  to  the  attack  at  once. 
At  the  same  moment,  almost,  the  brigade  opened  fire  on 
the  right,  and  in  a  few  minutes  the  entire  line  was  engaged. 
During  the  whole  of  this  action  the  right  of  Tyler's  brigade 
was  "in  the  air."  No  troops  whatever  were  in  position 
on  its  right  flank,  and  there  was  nothing  to  protect  that 
Hank  or  prevent  its  being  turned.  The  First  Corps  was  not 
yet  in  place  so  as  to  join  it.  French,  therefore,  was  on  the 
left;  nothing  was  on  the  right  of  this  brigade.  Stuart,  now 
in  command — in  place  of  Jackson,  shot  the  night  before — 
was  pushing  his  forces  to  Tyler's  unprotected  right,  and 
beyond  it. 

From  the  first  the  firing  of  the  brigade  was  very  rapid. 
The  enemy,  in  the  dense  woods  and  thicket,  were  not  very 
clearly  seen  by  the  One  Hundred  and  Twenty-Sixth,  nor 
did  they  for  some  time  reply  actively  at  this  part  of  the  line. 
Colonel  Rowe,  therefore,  sent  first  the  Sergeant  Major, 
Ziegler,  then  Major  Brownson,  and  at  last  went  himself  to 


^u  BATTLE  OF  CHANCELLORSVILLE. 

2 

General  Tyler  to  inform  him  that  the  fire  did  not  seem  to 
be  effective,  and  that  the  enemy  appeared  to  await  the  time 
when  the  ammunition  should  be  exhausted,  for  their  charge — 
stating  that  it  was  already  very  low  and  requesting  that  the 
firing  should  cease  or  at  least  slacken.     But  General  Tyler, 
having  the  whole  line  and  all  its  exigencies  in  view,  ordered 
the  firing  to  be  kept  up,  saying  "Your  men  are  doing  ex 
cellently,  Colonel."     At  length,  after  more  than  an  hour's 
hard  work,  the  ammunition  was  spent,  and  the  men  were  be 
ginning  to  rifle  the  cartridge-boxes  of  the  dead  and  wound 
ed  to  supply  themselves.     The  enemy  now  evidently  began 
to   press   forward  more  earnestly;  their  banners  advanced 
through  the  woods;  their  fire  began  to  tell  fearfully  on  the 
ranks  of  the  regiment.     The  gaps,  however,  were  speedily 
closed,  and  the  line  was  firm.     The  company  officers  were 
very  diligent  and  active.     Major  Brownson,  in  the  Lieuten 
ant  Colonel's  place  on  the  right,  and  Captain  A.  R.  Davi- 
son,  acting  Major,  on  the  left,  increased  their   exertions. 
Adjutant  Stewart  (now  Division   Commissary  of  Musters 
and  detached,  but  participating  in  the  action  with  the  regi 
ment),  and  Acting  Adjutant  George  F.  Platt,  aided  Brown- 
son  and  Davison,  respectively,  with  coolness  and  effect.    Col 
onel  Rowe  was  everywhere  along  the  line  with  words  of 
encouragement.     But  every  moment  it  became  more  evi 
dent  that  unless  ammunition  arrived  soon,  the  line  could  not 
long  be  held.    Colonel  Rowe  was  cut  in  the  cheek  with  a  rifle- 
ball.     Major  Brownson's  clothes  were  pierced  with  bullets. 
Lieutenant  J.  Gilmore  Rowe,  commanding  company  K,  was 
borne  from  the  field  badly  wounded  in  the  head.     Captain 
Walker  of  H  was  struck.    Men  were  falling  all  along  the  line. 
On  the  right,  company  C  had  lost  full  one-fourth  of  the  men 
McCullough  took  in.     Company  I,  on  the  left,  had. suffered 
nearly  as  much,  and  company  H  even  more  severely.     Gene 
ral  Tyler  now  sent  word  that  ammunition  was  not  to  be  had 
after  repeated  endeavors;  that  General  French's  orders  were 


BATTLE  OF  CHANCELLORSVILLE. 

to  retire  in  as  good  order  as  possible  when  the  ammunition 
should  be  entirely  exhausted.  Still  the  enemy  pressed 
harder  and  harder  in  front. 

Such  wras  the  state  of  affairs  in  the  One  Hundred  and 
Twenty-Sixth,  when  Stuart,  having  turned  the  right  of  the 
brigade  and  taken  it  in  reverse,  was  pouring  down  his  troops 
on  the  right  and  rear,  filling  all  the  woods.  The  Ninety- 
First  regiment  was  first  struck,  and  to  avoid  capture  fell 
back.  Then  in  turn  the  One  Hundred  and  Thirty-Fourth, 
next  in  line  to  the  right,  gave  wa}^.  This  left  the  right  flank 
of  the  One  Hundred  and  Twenty-Sixth  exposed.  To  change 
front  in  that  dense  thicket  was  impossible,  even  if  the  im 
petuous  charge  which  the  regiment  was  now  sustaining  in 
front  would  have  permitted.  The  line  was  held,  however, 
till  the  last  minute — till  the  rebels  on  the  flank  were  within 
forty  yards;  then,  from  right  to  left,  the  line  melted  away 
in  the  thick  woods,  and  emerging  upon  the  cleared  space 
beyond,  re-formed  behind  the  battery.  Lieutenants  Fletcher 
and  McCauley,  and  Sergeant  Lesher,  with  a  number  of  men, 
became  mixed  with  the  enemy  and  were  captured.  The  re 
bels  pressed  closely  after  to  the  edge  of  the  clearing  and 
showed  themselves  on  the  open  ground,  but  the  guns  open 
ing  upon  them  with  grape  and  canister,  they  speedily  dis 
appeared  in  the  shadow  of  the  forest. 

The  same  fate  with  the  other  regiments  befell  the  One 
Hundred  and  Twenty-Ninth,  which  stood  on  the  left  of  the 
line  next  to  French's  men.  In  its  turn  it  was  swept  back, 
but  so  mingled  did  its  men  become  with  the  enemy  that 
there  wras  a  hand  to  hand  tussle  for  the  colors,  which,  how 
ever,  were  safely  borne  off  at  last.  Having  re-formed  be 
hind  the  battery,  which  stood  near  the  small  white  house 
along  the  road  to  Ely's  Ford,  the  regiment  remained  there 
in  support  of  it,  until  the  First  Corps  got  well  into  their 
position  on  the  right  of  the  line,  when  it  was  withdrawn 
with  the  rest  of  the  brigade  back  from  the  road,  a  short  dis- 


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HOMEWARD  BOUND.  37 

into  the  woods,  where  it  remained  until  the  return 
movement  began. 

The  night  of  May  the  5th,  (Tuesday,)  was  a  hard  and 
gloomy  one.  It  rained  violently.  The  commissary  stores 
were  burnt.  The  army  was  falling  back  across  the  river. 
Again  all  sacrifices  had  been  in  vain.  The  men  lay  or  sat 
about  all  night  long  awaiting  momentarily  the  order  to  move 
to  the  rear.  It  came  at  daylight.  In  the  forenoon  of  the 
6th,  the  swollen  stream  was  crossed  on  pontoons  at  United 
States  Ford,  and  after  a  fatiguing  march  of  twelve  miles, 
through  deep  mud,  the  site  of  the  old  camp,  whence  the 
regiment  started  on  the  Chancellorsville  campaign,  was 
reached,  and  it  was  done  with  marching  and  fighting. 

A  quiet  week  in  camp  succeeded  the  battle  of  Chancel 
lorsville.  The  term  of  service  of  the  regiment  was  about 
to  expire.  General  Tyler  assembled  it,  and  publicly  extolled 
the  conduct  of  the  men  in  both  the  great  actions  in  which 
they  participated.  Tuesday,  the  12th  of  May,  was  a  day  of 
leave-taking  in  camp.  There  was  a  great  visiting  among  the 
regiments,  and  the  General's  quarters  were  crowded  all  day. 
At  six  o'clock  in  the  morning  of  Wednesday,  May  13, 1863, 
the  regiment  took  cars  at  Stoneman's  Station  for  Aquia 
Landing,  and  ceased  to  belong  to  the  Army  of  the  Poto 
mac.  At  Aquia,  the  boat  Warner  lay  ready  to  convey  the 
men  to  Washington,  where,  after  a  beautiful  ride  up  the 
Potomac,  they  arrived,  and  went  to  the  Soldiers'  Retreat, 
blessing,  all  the  way,  James  Watt  and  those  who  helped  him 
bring  about,  for  purposes  of  locomotion,  the  substitution  of 
steam  and  iron  for  human  will  and  muscle.  The  next  fore 
noon  the  cars  carried  them  to  Baltimore.  At  dark  they  con 
tinued  their  homeward  journey  to  Harrisburg.  At  7  o'clock 
in  the  morning  of  Friday,  the  15th,  the  regiment  marched, 
with  drums  beating  and  flags  flying,  through  Harrisburg  to 
Camp  Curtin.  The  comrades,  free  from  restraint,  gay  and 
happy,  enjoyed  themselves  about  the  town  or  in  the  camp, 


HOME  AGAIN. 

for  several  days,  while  the  officers  were  busy  with  the  prepa 
ration  of  the  muster-out  rolls.  At  length,  on  Wednesday, 
the  20th  of  May,  the  companies  were  mustered  out  of  ser 
vice,  the  men  received  their  pay  and  discharges,  and,  with 
cordial  hand-shakings,  separated  and  started  home.  The 
companies  from  Juniata  were  welcomed  at  Mifflntowh,  and 
those  from  Franklin  county  received  a  great  ovation  at 
Chambersburg.  Each  town  and  township  beside  gave  a 
separate  reception  to  its  own  peculiar  company. 


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FIRST    APPENDIX. 


pENERAL,     j£,     |B.      JYLER'S     j^EPORT 

OF    THE    PART    TAKEN    BY    HIS    BRIGADE    IN    THE    BATTLE    OF 
FREDERIOKSBURG. 


HEADQUARTERS  TYLER'S  BRIGADE,  ^ 

THITID  DIVISION,  FIFTH  CORPS,         I 

CAMP  IN  THE  FIELD,  December  16th,  1862.    J 
CAPTAIN  CARS'LL  M'CLELLAN, 

Assistant.  Ad  jut  ant  General,   Third  Division: 
CAPTAIN: — I  have  the  honor  to  report  the  following  as  the  part 
taken  by  my  brigade  in  the  engagement  at  Fredericksburg,  for  the 
information  of  the  commanding  General. 

We  marched  from  our  bivouac  on  the  morning  of  the  13th  instant, 
with  the  Ninety-First.Pennsylvania  Infantry — twenty-three  officers 
and  four  hundred  and  one  men;  the  One  Hundred  and  Thirty- 
Fourth  Pennsylvania  Infantry— twenty-four  officers  and  five  hun 
dred  and  eighteen  men;  the  One  Hundred  and  Twenty-Sixth  Penn 
sylvania  Infantry — twenty-six  officers  and  six  hundred  and  six  men; 
and  the  One  Hundred  and  Twenty -Ninth  Pennsylvania  Infantry— 
twenty-six  officers  and  five  hundred  and  seventy-five  men;  making 
a  total  of  ninety-nine  officers  and  two  thousand  one  hundred  enlisted 
men.  From  the  time  we  left  camp  until  we  were  ordered  into 
action,  no  opportunity  was  afforded  the  regimental  commanders  to 
have  further  calls,  but  such  efforts  were  made  to  prevent  straggling 
as  to  induce  me  to  believe  that  with  the  exception  of  the  regimental 
details  of  twelve  men  in  charge  of  knapsacks  [and  Captain  Martin's 
company  of  the  One  Hundred  and  Twenty-Sixth,  detailed  as  hospi 
tal  guard,  numbering  two  officers  and  sixty-three  men,]  my  brigade 
took  its  full  duty  strength  into  the  action. 

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4:2  TYLER'S  REPORTS.    • 

A  list  of  the  casualties  of  the  different  regiments,  prepared  with 
great  care,  I  herewith  send  you^  making  my  total  loss  four  officers 
and  forty-six  men  killed,  twenty-nine  officers  and  two  hundred  and 
ninety-four  men  wounded,  and  eighty-three  men  missing.  Of  the 
latter  I  have  good  reason  to  believe  a  large  majority  were  either  killed 
or  severely  wounded. 

The  position  first  assigned  us  was  on  the  right  of  the  plank-road, 
subjected  to  an  enfilading  fire  from  the  enemy's  batteries  on  the  crest 
of  the  hill  beyond.  Our  loss  at  this  point  is  accounted  for  as  "miss 
ing  in  action."  Being  almost  immediately  ordered  across  the  road 
into  the  engagement,  we  were  unable  to  account  for  them  otherwise. 

I  was  delayed  somewhat  in  the  formation  of  a  double  line  of  bat 
tle  on  the  left  of  the  road  by  the  constant  passing  of  limbers  to  the 
front  and  rear,  and  the  deep  mud  along  the  line  indicated  to  form 
on.  As  soon,  however,  as  the  formation  was  complete,  the  order  to 
sound  the  charge  was  given,  the  caution  having  been  previously 
communicated  to  the  command  not  to  fire  a  gun  until  orders  were 
received  from  me. 

The  brigade  moved  forward  in  as  good  order  as  the  muddy  condi 
tion  of  the  ground  on.  the  left  of  my  line  would  admit,  until  we 
came  upon  a  body  of  officers  and  men  lying  flat  upon  the  ground  in 
front  of  the  brick  house  and  along  the  slight  elevation  on  its  right 
and  left.  Upon  our  approach,  these  officers  commanded  "Halt!" 
flourishing  their  swords  as  they  lay,  while  a  number  of  their  men  en 
deavored  to  intimidate  our  troops,  crying  out  that  we  would  be 
slaughtered,  and  the  like.  An  effort  was  made  to  get  them  out  of 
the  way  but  failed,  and  we  marched  over  them,  and  when  within  a 
very  short  distance  of  the  enemy's  line  a  fire  was  opened  on  our 
rear,  which  wounded  a  few  of  our  most  valuable  officers  and,  I  re 
gret  to  say,  killed  some  of  our  men. 

Instantaneously,  the  cry  ran  along  the  line  that  we  were  being 
fired  into  from  the  rear.  The  command  halted,  receiving  at  the  same 
time  a  terrible  fire  from  the  enemy.  Orders  for  the  moment  were 
forgotten,  and  a  fire  from  our  whole  line  was  immediately  returned. 
Another  cry  passed  along  the  line,  that  we  were  being  fired  upon 
from  the  rear,  when  our  men,  after  giving  the  enemy  several  volleys 
fell  back. 

It  will  be  impossible  for  me  in  this  report  to  mention  the  many 
acts  of  heroism  on  that  bloody  field,  but  it  is  due  the  officers  and 
men  to  state  that  they  performed  their  duties  well,  and  they  need  no 
higher  encomium  than  to  know  that  their  conduct  on  the  field  was 
highly  complimented  by  their  Division  and  Grand  Division  Com 
manders. 


TYLER'S  REPORTS. 

Colonel  O'Brien,  One  Hundred  and  Thirty-Fourth,  led  the  right 
front;  Colonel  Frick,  One  Hundred  ancj  Twenty-Ninth,  the  left. 
Colonel  Elder,  One  Hundred  and  Twenty-Sixth,  held  the  right  rear, 
and  Colonel  Gregory,  Ninety-First,  the  left  rear.  These  officers  dis 
charged  their  respective  duties  creditably  and  satisfactorily,  their 
voices  being  frequently  heard  above  the  din  of  battle,  urging  on  their 
men  against  the  terrible  shower  of  shot  and  shell  and,  last  but  not 
least,  the  terrific  musketry  as  we  approached  the  stone  wall.  Of 
their  conduct,  I  can  not  speak  too  highly.  Lieutenant  Colonel 
Rowe,  Lieutenant  Colonel  Armstrong  and  Major  Anthony,  and  Ma 
jor  Thompson,  are  entitled  to  great  credit  for  their  efforts  and  officer- 
like  conduct  during  the  engagement. 

Colonel  Elder  received  a  serious  wound,  (fracture  of  the  thigh) 
and  was  carried  off  the  field,  Lieutenant  Colonel  Rowe  assuming 
command.  Colonel  Gregory  received  a  very  slight  wound  in  the 
hand.  Major  Tod,  of  the  Ninety -First,  lost  his  right  leg  from  a  shell 
just  before  the  charge  was  sounded.  I  fear  it  will  cost  him  his  life. 
He  was  a  brave  and  valuable  officer.  Adjutant  Reed,  of  the  One 
Hundred  and  Thirty-Fourth,  received  a  serious  wound  in  the  thigh, 
whilst  at  the  head  of  his  regiment.  Lieutenant  Colonel  Armstrong 
had  a  horse  shot  under  him.  Adjutant  Green f  of  the  One-Hundred 
and  Twenty-Ninth,  exhibited  great  coolness  in  the  discharge  of  his 
duty.  Captains  Leib,  Taylor,  Breokenridge,  Lawrence,  Hague, 
Lyon,  Walker,  M'Cready,  and  Doebler, -were  very  severely  wounded, 
and  Colonel  O'Brien  had  a  very  narrow  escape — a  ball  passing 
through  his  saddle  from  front  to  rear  directly  under  him. 

It  may  not  be  improper  for  me  to  say  that  Captain  Thomas,  Acting 
Inspector  General  on  the  staff  of  the  Division  Commander,  having 
his  horse  shot  and  thus  prevented  from  serving  him,  joined  his  com 
pany  in  the  One  Hundred  and  Twenty-Ninth,  and  was  severely 
wounded  while  leading  his  men  in  the  charge. 

I  desire  to  call  the  particular  attention  of  the  Commanding  Gene 
ral  to  the  accompanying  reports  from  the  regimental  commanders 
relative  to  the  creditable  conduct  of  the  officers  and  men  of  their  re 
spective  regiments. 

I  take  pleasure  in  being  able  to  report  that  the  Medical  Depart 
ment  of  the  command  was  well  and  ably  conducted,  and  although 
a  number  of  medical  officers  were  absent,  our  wounded  were  well 
and  promptly  attended  to,  under  the  personal  supervision  of  the 
Acting  Medical  Director,  Dr.  M'Kinney,  assisted  by  Acting  Brigade 
Surgeon,  Nugent. 

Colonel  M.  S.  Quay,  late  of  the  One  Hundred  and  Thirty-Fourth 
was  upon  my  staff  as  Volunteer  Aid-de-camp,  and  to  him  I  am  9 


c 


TYLER'S  REPORTS. 


greatly  indebted.  Notwithstanding  his  enfeebled  health,  he  was  in 
the  saddle  early  and  late,  ever  prompt  and  efficient,  and  especially 
so  during  the  engagement.  To  my  staff,  who  were  with  me,  Cap 
tain  H.  C.  Ranney,  A.  A.  G.,  and  Lieutenant  J.  B.  Diehl,  A.  D.  C., 
do  I  owe  much  for  their  promptness  and  untiring  efforts  during  the 
entire  six  days  and  nights  we  were  under  arms. 
I  am,  very  respectfully, 

Your  obedient  servant 
(Signed)  E.  B.  TYLEK, 

lli'lf/adier  General  Commanding, 


GENERAL   p.    B.    TYLER'S    REPORT 

( >F    THE  PART    TAKEN    BY    HIS    BRIGADE     IN    THE    BATTLE    OF 
( 'HANCELLORSVILLE. 


HEADQUARTERS  FIRST  BRIGADE,  ^ 

THIRD  DIVISION,  FIFTH  CORPS, 
CAMP  NEAR  FALMOUTH,  VIRGINIA,   May  10th,  1863.    j 

CAPTAIN  CARS'LJ,  M'CLELLAN, 

Assistant  Adjutant  General,   Third  Division: 

CAPTAIN:— I  have  the  honor  to  transmit  herewith  a  list  of  the 
casualties  of  my  command  in  the  action  of  the  3d  inst,  and  also  to 
submit  the  following  report  of  the  part  taken  by  my  brigade  in  that 
en  gagement : 

About  nine  o'clock,  A.  M.,  I  received  an  order  from  Major  Gene 
ral  Meade  to  put  my  command  in  motion  and  go  to  the  support  of 
General  French;  Lieutenant  Colonel  Webb  to  indicate  the  position 
we  were  to  occupy.  That  officer  in  person  pointed  out  the  line  we 
were  to  take  possession  of,  directly  in  the  face  of  the  enemy  and  on 
the  right  of  General  French's  command  in  the  woods. 

The  regiments  were  scarcely  in  position  until  the  enemy  opened 
tire  upon  us,  which  wras  promptly  and  effectively  returned  by  our 
men.  I  saw  at  once  that  the  enemy  out-numbered  us,  as  they  were 
in  double  lines  and  extended  beyond  our  right.  I  immediately 
asked  for  reinforcements,  but  was  informed  that  they  could  not  be 
furnished.  Colonel  Webb,  who  had  remained  in  front  for  some  mo 
ments,  started  back  promising  to  bring  up  reinforcements  if  he  could 
obtain  them,  but  he  returned  in  a  short  time  without  them. 

The  rapid  and  incessant  fire  of  our  men  prevented  the  enemy  from 
advancing,  although  they  made  several  efforts  to  do  so.  Holding  our 
position  nearly  or  perhaps  quite  an  hour,  reports  reached  me  that 


4(j  TYLER'S  REPORTS. 

our  ammunition  was  being  exhausted,  many  of  the  men  supplying 
themselves  from  the  bodies  of  the  dead  and  wounded.  About  this 
time  I  discovered  the  enemy  were  receiving  reinforcements.  Anoth 
er  double  line  was  plainly  seen  advancing  and  extending  further  to 
our  right.  I  sent  for  ammunition  twice  without  being  able  to  ob 
tain  it.  (As  I  afterwards  understood  it  had  not  come  up  from  the 
rear. )  I  reported  the  fact  to  General  French  with  the  further  infor 
mation  that  the  ciuMiiy  were  pressing  us  and  asked  for  orders.  He 
replied  that  he  could  not  furnish  me  with  ammunition,  and  to  retire 
in  as  good  order  as  T  could  when  we  should  have  exhausted  what  we 
had. 

The  moment  our  fire  slackened,  the  enemy  pushed  forward  with 
at  least  twice  our  numbers.  As  near  as  I  can  tell  we  were  in  posi 
tion  from  an  hour  to  an  hour  and  three-quarters  before  we  were 
forced  to  retire.  During  this  time  the  whole  line  was  under  my  eye 
and  I  have  to  say  that  I  never  saw;  officers  and  men  behave  with 
more  bravery  and  coolness  than  did  the  entire  command.  The  offi 
cers  were  very  active  and  I  saw  many  of  them  aiding  the  men  by 
preparing  their  cartridges  for  the  guns.  The  field  officers  were  pass 
ing  up  and  down  the  lines  encouraging  their  men  with  great  spirit 
and  coolness.  •> 

The  Ninety-First  regiment  was  on  our  right  and  received  the  first 
fire  of  the  enemy.  They  are  entitled  to  great  credit  for  their  con 
duct  during  the  action.  Colonel  Gregory  received  a  slight  wound 
early  in  the  engagement  and  left  the  field,  yet  the  men  kept  well  at 
their  work  under  Lieutenant  Colonel  Sinex.  The  One  Hundred  and 
Thirty-Fourth,  Colonel  O'Brien,  was  second  in  line,  and  no  set  of 
men  could  have  behaved  better.  The  officers,  one  and  all,  following 
the  example  of  their  Colonel  (who  was  constantly  on  the  alert)  were 
very  active  and  not  a  man  shirked  his  duty. 

The  One  Hundred  and  Twenty-Sixth,  Lieutenant  Colonel  Howe, 
was  third  in  line,  and  for  earnest,  spirited  work  they  could  not  be  ex 
celled.  Colonel  Ro\ve  exhibited  the  true  characteristics  of  a  soldier 
— brave,  cool  and  determined,  and  his  spirit  was  infused  into  every 
officer  and  soldier  of  his  command.  The  One  Hundred  and  Twenty- 
Ninth  was  on  our  left,  and  no  man  ever  saw  cooler  work  on  field 
drill  than  was  done  by  this  regiment.  Their  firing  was  grand,  by 
rank,  by  company,  and  by  wing,  in  perfect  order.  Colonel  Frick's 
stentorian  voice  was  heard  above  the  roar  of  musketry,  and  with  the 
aid  of  his  Lieutenant  Colonel  and  Major  his  regiment  was  splendidly 
handled,  doing  their  duty  well. 

Too  much  credit  cannot  be  given  the  officers  and  men  of  the  bri 
gade.  Not  a  single  neglect  came  under  my  notice  dnring  the  en 
gagement.  The  colors  of  the  different  regiments  show  that  they 


,  c  TYLER'S  REPORTS. 

8 

were  carried  well  to  the  front,  and  I  saw  them  defiantly  waived  in  the 
fare  of  the  enemy. 

The  officers  of  my  Steff,  Captains  H.  C.  Ranney  and  William  H. 
Davison,  Lieutenants  Diehl  and  Tyler,  rendered  me  every  assistance 
in  their  power  under  an  incessant  fire. 

Among  the  officers  seriously  wounded  I  have  with  regret  to  men 
tion  Major  Anthony  of  the  One  Hundred  and  Twenty-Ninth,  a  true 
soldier  and  a  dutiful  officer.     Lieutenant  Colonels  Howe  and  Shaw 
were  slightly  wounded,  as  was  Lieutenant  Diehl,  Aid-de-camp. 
T  have  the  honor  to  be,  very  respectfully 

Your  obedient  servant 
(Signed)  E.  B.  TYLER, 

Jt/'ir/adier  General  Command/ /if/. 


SECOND    APPENDIX. 


OF 


CASUALTIES 

IN  THE  ONE  HUNDRED  AND  TWENTY-SIXTH  REGIMENT  PENNSYL 

VANIA  VOLUNTEERS,  AT  FREDERICKSBURG,  VIRGINIA, 

DECEMBER  13TH,  1862. 


FIELD  AND  STAFF. 

Colonel  James  G.  Elder,  Wounded  severely  in  thigh. 


COMPANY  A. 


WOUNDED. 

Captain  John  Doebler. 
Corporal  Emanuel  Forney. 
Thomas  D.  French. 
George  Goettman. 
Benjamin  K.  Goodyear. 
Jacob  Lightcap. 
David  C.  M'Gaughey. 
Harris  J.  Renfrew. 
Jacob  Martin. 


KILLED  AND  MISSING. 

Corporal  Thomas  G.  Pilkington,  K 

John  S.  Oaks,  K 

D.  Augustus  Houser,  K 

D.  Frank  M'Lqughlin,  K 

David  Newman,  K 

Abraham  Beitzell,  K 

Jacob  B.  Shafer,  K 

David  W.  Washabaugh,  K 


COMPANY  B. 


WOUNDED. 

Lieutenant  James  Pott. 
Corporal  Jacob  H.  Swisher. 
William  Finney. 
Henry  Ruthrauff. 
James  H.  Woy. 


KILLED  AND  MISSING. 

John  Taylor,  K 

Andrew  C.  Richardson,  K 


COMPANY  C. 

WOUNDED.  KILLED  AND  MISSING. 

Corporal  Wm.  Hays  M'Clelland.  William  W.  Brinkley, 
J.  Brewer  Ctishwa.  Dallas  E.  Mowen, 

Levi  Fritz. 
John  Huston  Work. 


WOUNDED. 


Samuel  C.  Ledy. 
Henry  Laman. 
John  B.  Lindsey. 


COMPANY  D. 


KILLED  AND  MISSING. 

Henry  Cook. 


LIST  OF  CASUALTIKS. 

COMPANY  K. 


WOUNDED, 

John  F.  PMorv. 


KILLED  AND  MISSING. 

Sergeant  Geo.  M.  D.  Brotherton.  K 
Daniel  C.  Hoover,  M 

S.  P.  Rouzer,  K 

Henry  F.  Barnett,  M 


COMPANY  F. 


WOUNDED. 

Captain  .John  P.  Wharton. 
Corporal  Lemuel  Warner. 
George  Dunn. 
Mortier  S.  Hench. 
N.  8.  Hiiikle. 
R.  A.  Laird. 
Samuel  Bonsai  I. 
Samuel  Calhoun. 


KILLED  AND  MI.SSTNG. 

Theodore  Miller, 


COMPANY  G. 


WOUNDED. 

Russell  Fields. 
William  ,T.  Knight. 
Robert  W.  M'Intire. 

John  S.  Shaffer. 


KILLED  AND  MISSING. 

Lieutenant  Harry  C.  Fortescue,  K 
Laurence  Harmon.  K 


COMPANY  H. 


WOUNDED. 

Captain  John  H.  Walker. 
Lieutenant  Josiah  W.  Fletcher. 
Lieutenant  William  H.  Mackey 
Corporal  Calvin  J.  Gamble. 
Samuel  C.  Elder. 
Samuel  T.  M'Clay. 
Jacob  F.  Reamer. 
Newel  D.  Stark. 


KILLED  AND  MISSING. 

Jeremiah  Brindle, 
Robert  F.  Elliott, 
William  H.  Rhodes, 


COMPANY  I.  — NOT  IN  ACTION. 
COMPANY  K. 


WOUNDED. 

Sergeant  Henry  Strickler. 
Sergeant  John  H.  Logue. 
Corporal  John  M.  D.  Detrich. 
Corporal  David  K.  Appenzellar. 
George  W.  Alexander. 
James  C.  Morehead. 
Cyrus  Baughman. 


KILLED    AND   MISSING. 

Adam  C.  Bert, 
George  M.  Byers, 
James  Mitchel, 
George  W.  Shook, 
Charles  H.  Shirey, 
Henry  M.  Spidel, 
Joseph  Shatzer, 


JST     OF 


CASUALTIES 


IN  THE  ONE  HUNDRED  AND  TWENTY-SIXTH   REGIMENT  PENNSYL 
VANIA  VOLUNTEERS,  AT  THE  BATTLE  OF  CHANCELLORSVILLE, 
VIRGINIA,  MAY  3,  1863. 


FIELD  AND  STAFF. 
Lieutenant  Colonel  D.  Watson  Howe, 


Wounded  in  face. 


WOUKDBB. 

Charles  Allison. 


COMPANY  A. 


KILLED  AND  MISSING. 

Robert  G.  Randall, 


COMPANY  B. 


WOUNDED. 

George  Brunner. 
Andrew  Glenn. 
M.  W.  Kissecker. 
John  Oliver. 
James  H.  Woy. 


WOUNDED. 

Thomas  D.  Metcalfe. 
David  L.  Coyle. 
Bryson  Bruce. 
George  Cole. 
James  M'Connell. 
William  M'Dowell. 
William  E.  M'Kinstry 
James  O.  Parker. 
Joseph  Ripple. 
William  M.  Starliper. 
John  L.  Zimmerman. 


WOUNDED. 

Corporal  Andre  M'  Hoi  by. 
John  B.  Heart. 
Lewis  Monath. 
A  i  In  in  Nieklas. 


KILLED  AND  MISSING. 

Sergeant  John  Brown  Lesher,  P 

Jonathan  Bowman,  K 

C.  C.  Hagar,  M 


COMPANY  C. 


KILLED  AND  MISSING. 

David  F.  M'Donald, 
Nicolas  C.  Trout, 


COMPANY  D. 


KILLED  AND  MISSING. 

Lieutenant  Clny  M'Cauley 


52 


LIST  OP  CASUALTIES. 
COMPANY   E.-NOT  IN   ACTION. 

COMPANY  F. 


WOUNDED. 

Corporal  Theodore  Birchfield. 

Jacob  Longacre. 

J.  L.  Shultz. 

John  L.  Tutton. 

S.  H.  Whitmer. 

Jerome  Weisner. 


KILLED   AND    MI8SINC. 

John  C.  Eberts, 
William  Colee, 
William  Givler, 


COMPANY  G. 


WOUNDED. 


Corporal  S.  O.  B.  M?  Curdy. 
Corporal  Richard  Waters. 
James  M'Cartney. 


KILLED    A\D    MISSING.  —  XOXK. 


COMPANY  H. 


WOUNDED. 

Captain  John  H.  Walker. 
Sergeant  Alfred  J.  Kent. 
William  A.  Gaston. 
James  H.  Grey. 
Samuel  Lee. 
Andrew  A.  Pomeroy. 
John  Smith. 
Joseph  Shafer. 
Calvin  M.  Skinner. 


KILLED   AND  MISSING. 

Lieutenant  Josiah  W.  Fletcher,   p 

Nicholas  M.  Bowers,  K 

John  A.  Harris,  p 

John  M.  Coons,  p 

John  H.  Stitt,  K 

William  Me.  C.  Wilson,  p 


COMPANY  I. 


Cornelius  Bartley. 
T.  N.  Caruthers. 
George  Geedy. 
William  Hawk. 
John  B.  Henry. 
William  H.  Moore. 
M.  Stump. 


KILLED   AND  MISSING 

Ephraim  Bell, 
A.  H.  Fasick, 
William  Patton, 
George  Walls, 


COMPANY  K. 

WOUNDED.  iKILLBP  AND  MISSING. 

Lieutenant  John  Gilmore  Eowe.   Simon  W.  Rupley, 
William  F.  Rupert.  George  F.  Missavy, 

William  H.  Snively, 


THIKD    APPENDIX. 


Jitld 


and      taff 


NAMES. 


REMARKS. 


James  G.  Elder, 


Colonel. 


David  Watson  Howe,   Lieut.  Col. 


James  C.  Austin, 


Major. 


Robert  8.  Brownson,  !     Major. 


John  Stewart, 


Thomas  J.  Kill, 
Washing'n  G.  Nugent 
Frank  Grube, 


Adjutant. 


Q,r.  Master. 

Surgeon. 
Asst.  Surg'n 


Wounded  severely  in  thigh  at 
Fredericksburg,Va.,Dec.  13,1862. 
Absent,  wounded  and  with  leave 
from  that  date  until  expiration  of 
service. 

In  command  of  the  Regiment 
from  13th  Dec.,  1862.  Slightly 
wounded  in  cheek  at  Chancellors- 
ville,  Va.,  May  3d,  1863. 

Honorably  discharged  upon 
resignation  for  disability:  Special 
Orders,  No.  33,  Hd.  Qrs.  C.  G.  D., 
Dec.  22d,  1862. 

Promoted  from  Captain  of  Co. 
C,  and  mustered  in  as  Major, 
March  31,  1863. 

Appointed  Com.  of  Musters,  3d 
Div.  5th  Corps,  llth  April,  1863. 


Daniel  D.  Swift, 

Samuel  J.  Niccolls,     i  Chaplain. 

I 


Appointed  Asst.  Surgeon,  U.  S. 
Volunteers,  and  transferred  to  6th 
Army  Corps,  April,  1863. 


Honorably  discharged  upon  re 
signation,  23d  Nov.,  1862. 


^r                                                -^ 

k    54                                     FIELD  AND  STAFF  OFFICERS. 

NAMES. 

RANK. 

REMARKS. 

John  Ault, 

Chaplain. 

Mustered  intttHarrisburg,  Dec. 
2d,  1862.  Joined  the  Regt.  Dec. 
19,  1862.  Absent,  with  leave, 
from  Jan.  18,  till  Feb.  7,  1863. 
Then  absent,  sick,  without  leave 
till  expiration  of  service. 

on-ifommissioiud    .Stuff. 

'j  *+' 


NAMES. 


RKMAKKS. 


George  F.  Ziegler, 
Wm.  M.  Allison, 
Chas.  W.  Kinsler, 
Bottsf  d  B.  Henshey, 

Lewis  Keyser, 


8er.  Major. \ 
Q;)'.  M.  8(,i: 
Com.  Scrgt.\ 

If of<.  Stew'dl     Discharged  for  disability,  A]>ril 
jl,  1863. 

Appointed  April  2,  1863. 


COMPANY 


A 


NAMES. 

RANK.          |                                       )..'  MARKS. 

John  Doebler,               j     Captain. 

Wounded   severely  in  arm  at 

i  Fredericksburg,  Dec.  13,  1862,  ne 
cessitating  his  absence  from  the 

company  during  the  remainder 

of  term  of  service. 

John  Stewart. 

l*t  JA<:itt. 

Appointed    Adjutant,    August 

16,  1862. 

George  W.  Welsh. 

2d  Lieut. 

Promoted  to  1st  Lieut.,  August 

16,  1862,  vice  John  Stewart.    In 

, 

command  of  Company  A    from 

13th  Dec.,  1862,  till  end  of  service. 

William  M'Leiiegan, 

2d  Lieut. 

From  private  vice  Geo.  W.  Welsh. 

John  A.  Seiders, 

1st  Serg't. 

J.  Porter  Brown, 

2d       " 

Rob't  Bard  Fisher, 

3d      " 

Died  near  Camp  Fal  mouth,  Va., 

Dec.  24,  1862. 

Thomas  Durboraw, 

4£/<     '  * 

Benj.  F.  Deal 

5th     " 

Discharged  9th  Feb.    1st;;;,  for 

disability. 

T  homas  G.  Pilk  ing  t<  >  1  1 


David  F.  Hoffman, 
Dennis  Reilly, 

Samuel  M'llroy, 
Alexander  Flack, 
David  Greenawalt,  j 
Thomas  H.  McDowell, 
Emanuel  Forney, 

Frederick  Sliinefield, 
Thomas  Donovan, 
James  G.  Glass, 

Allison  Charles, 
Andrews  Geo.  B., 
Baker  Luther  S., 


>N>«-    -  - 


Musician. 

•      u 

Wagoner. 

I'r  irate. 


Wounded  in  action  at  Frede- 
! ricksburg,  13th  Dec. ,  1862.  Died, 
from  wounds,  loth  January,  1863. 

Deserted,  Oct.  30,  1862.  U< - 
turned  March  30,  1863. 

Deserted,  2d  November,  1862. 


Wounded  13th  December,  1862, 
at  Fredericksburg,  Va. 


Wounded  at  Chancellorsville. 
Promoted  to  Corporal. 
Deserted,  Oct.  24th,  1862,  from 
jcamp,  near  Sharpsburg,  Md. 


COMPANY  A. 


NAMKS. 


REMARKS. 


Bard  Cephus  L. 
Bigham  John  G. 
Bittinger  Hiram  P. 

Bradley  Wm.  M., 
P>randt  Daniel  W. 
Brown  John  C. 
Cline  Robert, 
Clugston  Win.  M. 
Cole  George  F. 
Davidson  Wm.  G. 


Doughty  John, 
Deatrich  Geo.  F. 
Doyle  Isaac  B. 
Duncan  Geo.  W. 
Earley  Daniel  S. 

Edmiston  Henry  C. 
Eyster  Wilbur  F. 
Fahnestock  B.  A. 
Fisler  David  B. 
French  Thomas  D. 

Fuller  Christian, 
Gaff  William, 
Gill  William  B. 
Gilmore  James  B. 

Goetman  George, 
Goodyear  B.  K. 

Hays  John  M. 
Heck  George  S. 
Hockenbery  Wm.  H. 
Houser  David  A. 


Houser  Hiram, 
Hutton  Jacob  H. 
Huber  Abraham 
Reefer  Wm.  B. 
Kennedy  William 


Keller  Jacob 

Lange  Henry 
.Lee  Thomas 
Lightcap  Jacob 


Private. 
u 


Deserted,  September  17, 1862,  at 
| Frederick,  Md. 


Discharged,   for  disability,   by 
order  of  Gen.   Meade,  Jan'y  16, 

1863. 


Discharged  for  disability. 
Promoted  to  Sergeant,  May  3, 


Wounded  in  action  at  Frede- 
ricksburg,  13th  Dec.  1862. 

Discharged  for  disability. 

Discharged  Dec.  24th  1862,  by 
order  of  Sec.  War. 

Wounded  in  action  at  Frede- 
rieksburg,  13th  Dec.  1862. 

Wounded  in  action  at  Frede- 
ricksburg,  13th  Dec.,  1862. 


Wounded  in  action  at  Frede- 
ricksburg,  V"a.,  13th  Dec.,  1862, 
died  from  wounds  25th  Dec.,  1862, 
at  Washington,  D.  C. 


Discharged,  19th  Feb.,  1863,  by 
order  of  Burgeon  Breer,  General 
I  Hospital,  Philadel'a:  Disability. 

Deserted,  Sept.  17,  1862,  from 
camp  near  Frederick,  Md. 


Wounded,  in  action,  at  Frede- 
ricksburg,  Va,,  Dec.  13,  1862. 


i 


COMPANY  A. 


KKMAKKS. 


Mcllroy  Sam'l  H. 
M'Lenegan  Wm. 

M'Laughlin  David  F. 
Martin  Jacob, 

Mahon  Thaddeus  M. 
McGowan  Jacob, 


Maxwell  Samuel  B. 
McGrath  T.  J.  C. 

M'Gaughey  David  C. 

Nace  David  B. 
Newman  David, 


Oaks  John  S. 


Paxton  John  N. 
Pfoutz  John  F. 
Piper  William, 
Patton  James  C. 


Randall  Edmund, 
Randall  Robert  G. 

Rhodes  John  H. 
Rhodes  Franklin, 
Roades  Henry  M. 
Reid  Samuel  D.  C. 
Bitter  James  G. 
Rial  Henry, 
Reitzel  Abraham, 

Renfrew  Thomas  D. 
Renfrew  Harris  J. 

Seibert  David  H. 


Shaffer  Jacob  B. 


Private. 


Promoted  toSergt.,  May  3, 1863. 

Promoted  to  2d  Lieut.,  Aug.  15, 
362. 

Killed,  in  action,  at  Fredericks- 
burg,  Va.,  Dec.  13,  1862. 

Wounded,  in  action,  Frede- 
ricksburg,  Va.,  Dec.  13,  1862. 

Died,  from  disease,  at  Stanton 
Hospital,  Washington,  15th  Feb. 
1863. 

Died,  4th  March,  1863,  from  dis 
ease,  at  Camp,  near  Falmouth,  Va. 

Wounded  at  Fredericksburg, 
Va. 

Wounded,  in  action,  at  Frede 
ricksburg,  Va.,  13th  Dec.,  1862. 
Died,  15th  Jan.,  1863,  at  Washing 
ton,  D.  C. 

Discharged  23d  Dec. ,  1862.  Died, 
Dec.  25th,  1862,  from  wounds  re 
ceived  in  action,  13th  Dec.,  1862. 
Promoted  to  Corporal. 


Discharged  from  General  Hos 
pital,  Philadelphia,  by  order  of 
Gen.  Montgomery,  7th  January, 
1863.— Disability. 

Taken  prisoner  at  Chancellors- 
ville. 


Killed,  in  action,  at  Fredericks- 
!burg,Va.,  Dec.  13,  1862. 

Wounded,  in  action,  at  Frede 
ricksburg,  Va.,  Dec.  13,  1862. 
Absent,  sick,  from  Oct.  30,  1862. 
Honorably  discharged  31st  Jan 
uary  ,1863,  by  order  Surgeon  Hunt, 
Convalescent  Camp,  Va.,  for  dis 
ability. 

Wounded,  in  action,  at  Frede 
ricksburg,  Va.,  Dec.  13,1862.  Died 
at  Hospital,  Washington,  D.  C., 
8th  July,  1863. 


COMPANY  A. 


NAMES. 

Shryock  Samuel  S. 


HANK. 


KEMAKKS. 


Sharp  Robert, 
Sixeas  Jacob, 
Stratton  Samuel, 
Stewart  Reges, 
Taylor  John, 
Wampler  Geo.  B. 
Watson  Geo.  W. 

Washabaugh  D.  W 

AVilt  Adam  W. 
Welsli  Philip  R. 


Private. 


Discharged,  Oct.  9,  1862,  on  ac- 
count  of  nervous  affection  of  the 
eyes. 

Discharged  for  disability. 


Provost  Guard  at  Corps  H  d.Q  rs. 
from  22d  Sept.,  1862. 

Killed,  in  action,  at  Fredericks- 
burg,  Va.,  Dec.  13,  1862. 


J 


t 


(OMPANY 


N  \  M  KS. 


REMARKS. 


James  C.  Austin, 
William  H.  Davison, 


Captain. 


Henry  M.  Hoke,          |   1st  Lieut. 


James  Pott,  2<i  Lieut. 


James  Pott,  1»£  Sergt. 

Harvey  Wishert,  2d  Sergt. 

I.  Y.  Atherton,  <    3d  Sergt. 


John  Brown  Lesher,    4th Sergt. 
Joseph  flyers,  I  oM  Sergt. 


Promoted  to  Major. 

Promoted  to  be  Captain,  Au 
gust  20,  1862,  vice  Austin,  promo 
ted.  Feb.  1863,  appointed  In- 
Ispector  General  of  Brigade,  and 
detached  until  expiration  of  ser- 
ivice  on  the  Staff  of  Gen.  Tyler. 

Detailed  as  Division  Ordnance 
,  Officer,  Oct.  13,  1862. 

From  1st  Sergeant,  August  20, 
1862,  vice  Wm.  H.  Davison.  Se 
verely  wounded  in  the  face  at 
Fredericksburg,  Va,,  Dec.  13, 1862. 

Promoted  to  2d  Lieutenant. 

Promoted  to  1st  Serg't,  Aug. 
120,  1862. 

Promoted  to  2d  Serg't,  August 
1 20,  1862.  Absent,  sick,  without 
ileave,  and  dropped  from  the  rolls, 
I  March  9,  1863. 

Promoted  to  3d  Serg't,  Aug.  20, 
1862.  Captured  at  Chancellors- 
iville,  May  3,  1863. 

Promoted  to  4th  Serg't,  August 

20,    1862.     Reduced  to  ranks  by 

order  of  Col.  Elder,  Oct.  21,  1862. 

! Deserted  Dec.  10, 1862,  just  before 

the  battle. 


John  L.  P.  Detrich, 

Silas  D.  Anderson, 

j 
William  H.  Weyantj 

Jacob  H.  Swisher, 


Corporal.  I 


Promoted  to  oth  Serg't,  August 
20, 1862.  Reduced  to  ranks,  Nov. 
4,  1862. 

Promoted  to  5th  Serg't,  Nov. 
4.  1862.  Discharged,  for  disabili 
ty,  Feb'y  4, 1863. 

Promoted  to  4th  Serg't,  Oct.  21, 
'  1862.  Reduced  to  ranks  at  Chan- 
cellorsville. 

Discharged,  from  Chestnut  Hill 
Hospital,  Philadelphia,  Feb.  9, 
11863,  on  account  of  general  disa- 
! ability  and  left  thumb  amputated 
from  wound  received  in  battle  at 
Fredericksburg,  Dec.  13th,  1862. 


C 


60 


COMPANY  B. 


KEMARKS. 


William  Orth, 


Courtney  G.  Glenn, 
Peter  Wesner, 
James  R.  Cummins, 

John  H.  Bush, 

Jared  Irvine, 

D.  A.  Lamberson, 

Abbott  T.  J. 
Alabaugh  S.  G. 
Bowman  Jonathan, 

Baker  Andrew 
Bowman  Abraham, 
Brunner  George, 

Barnheisel  R.  W. 

Boerner-  Adam, 
Barnett  Joseph  C. 
Cleary  Thos.  J. 
Crunkleton  Robert, 
Conrad  Moses, 
Cleary  James, 
Chambers  Thos.  J. 
Clevenger  Adam, 
Dennisar  Daniel, 

Deaver  Jesse  A. 
Edwards  John, 
Foreman  John  M. 
Finney  William, 

Felteberger  John, 
Greenawalt  Jacob, 
Glenn  Geo.  W. 


Glenn  Andrew, 
Gossert  Samuel  C. 
Glass  Daniel, 


Gordon  David 
Grove  Wm.  A. 
Grove  Ernanuel 
Hager  C.  C. 


Corporal. 


Musician. 
Wagoner. 
Private. 


Deserted,  Oct.  21, 1862.  Return 
ed,  March  28th,  1863,  under  Presi 
dent's  Proclamation. 


Promoted  to  4th  Serg't  at  Chan- 
cellorsville. 

Never  mustered  in. 


Killed,   in  action,  at  Chancel- 
lorsville,  May  3,  1863. 


Wounded  in  left  hand,  at  Chan- 
cellorsville,  May  3,  1863. 

Promoted  to  Corporal,  Oct.  21, 
1862. 


Promoted  to  Corporal  at  battle 
of  Chancellorsville,  May  3,  1863. 

Deserted,  Sept.  20,  1862. 

Wounded,   in  action,  at  Frede- 
ricksburg,  Dec.  13,  1862. 
Deserted,  Oct.  8,  1862. 

Discharged  from  Hospital,  at 
Newark,  N.  J.,  Oct.  17,  1862,  on 
account  of  disability. 

Wounded,  slightly,  at  Chaucel- 
lorsville. 

Died,  April  19,  1863,  near  Fal- 
mouth,  Va. 

Discharged  from  Regimental 
Hospital,  near  Falmouth,  Va., 
July  14, 1863,  on  account  of  disa 
bility. 

Promoted  to  Corporal. 


Captured,  in  action,  at  Chancel-      „ 
lorsville,  May  3,  1863.  0  ? 


COMPANY  B. 


NAMES. 

RANK. 

REMARKS. 

Hoopengardner  Ab'm 

Private. 

Hoke  James  S. 

" 

Jacobs  Adam, 
KisseckerMatthiasW. 

(i 

Wounded,  slightly  in  hand,  at 

Chancellorsville,  May  3,  1863. 

Kendall  John  F. 

ii 

Promoted  to  Corporal,  Dec.  17, 

1862,-  on  account  of  good  beha 

vior  in  action. 

Keith  Wilson  R. 

ii 

Kelso  D.  W. 

" 

Promoted  to  Corporal,  March  1, 

1863,  for  meritorious  conduct  be 

fore  the  enemy. 

Lininger  Reuben, 

t  i 

Long  William, 

i  1 

Long  Philip, 

(i 

Discharged,  on  account  of  disa 

bility,  March  29,  1863,  by  order  of 

Major  General  Meade. 

Lindsay  James  M. 

« 

Discharged,  for  disability,  Mar. 

21,  1863. 

Litten  Richmond, 

Logan  Wm.  C. 

1 

Died,    at  Hare  wood  Hospital, 

November  24,  1862. 

Moore  Wm.  H. 

1 

Missavy  John, 

1 

Mellott  Norris, 

I 

Deserted,  Sept.  25,  1862. 

Mellott  Geo.  W. 

I 

Deserted,  Sept.  25,  1862. 

Martin  Lazarus, 

i 

Oliver  John, 

i 

Wounded,  in  action,  severely, 

at  Chancellorsville,  May  3,  1863. 

Pedicord  John  M. 

( 

Pittman  Benj.  F. 

I 

Parlett  John, 

i 

Ruthrauff  Henry, 

1 

Wounded,  in  action,  at  Frede- 

Pedicord  C.  W. 

, 

ricksburg,  Dec.  13,  1862. 

Richardson  And'wC. 

( 

Died,  in  Douglas  Hospital,  Jan. 

29,  1863,  from  wounds  received  in 

battle  of  Fredericksburg,  Dec.  13, 

1862. 

Showalter  Samuel, 

II 

Speelman  Lawson  W. 

II 

Promoted  to  Corporal,  August 

20,  1862.     Reduced  to  ranks,  by 

order  of  Colonel  Elder,  October 

21,  1862, 

Shrader  George, 

(1 

Promoted  to  Corporal,  March  1, 

1863,  for  good  conduct. 

Sleighter  Amos, 

II 

Salkeld  S.  W. 

Sterrett  Matthias  N. 

Shatzer  Joseph, 
Stine  John, 

Smith  Wm.  D. 

Tritle^Luther  D. 

II 

Tritle  Jacob  M. 

II 

COMPANY  R. 


NAMES. 


Truax. William, 

Taylor  John, 

Ulriek  John, 

Unger  W.  P. 
Wilson  James*, 
Witherspoon  D.  C 
Wilders  James, 
Unger  Samuel, 
Walker  William, 
Wright  Paul  F. 
Wov  James  IT. 


Woodcock  W.  W. 
Young  Carlton, 


HANK. 

^Private.' 


KKMAKKS. 


Died,  in  Regimental  Hospital, 
I  near  Falmouth,  Va.,  November 
27,  1862. 

Promoted  to  Corporal,  Oct'r  21, 
!  1862.  Missing,  in  action,  at  Fred- 
Sericksburg,  Dec.  13,  1862,  since 
which  nothing  has  been  heard  of 
him.  Known  to  have  been 
wounded  in  the  leg  and  disabled. 

Deserted,  Dec.  10,  1862,  just  be 
fore  the  fight. 


Wounded,  in  action,  at  Frede- 
jricksburg,  Va.,  Dec.  13,  1862. 
|  Wounded,  in  action,  at  Chancel- 
lorsville,  May  3,  1863. 

Promoted  to  Corporal,  Nov'r  4, 
1862.  Promoted  to  5th  Sergeant, 
March  1st,  for  good  conduct. 


,OMPANY     L. 


F- 


NAMES. 

BANK.                                               HEMARKS. 

Robert  S.  Brownson, 

Captain. 

Appointed  Major,  by  Gov.  Cur- 
tin,  16th  March,  1863.     Mustered 

in  as  such,  31st  March,  1863. 

James  P.  M'(1u  Hough, 

u 

From  First  Lieutenant,  March 

19,  1863,  vice  R.  S.  Brownson. 

Samuel  Hornbaker,         1st  Lieut. 

Dismissed  the  service  of  the  U. 

S.,  16th  Jan'y,  1863.—  General  Or 

ders,  No.  4,  Third  Division,  Fifth 

Corps;  and  General  Orders,  No. 

13,   Head  Quarters  Army  of  the 

j  Potomac,  Feb'v  18,  1863.  " 

Jacob  S.  Trout, 

2d  Lieut. 

James  P.  M'Cullough 

1st  Serff't.        Promoted,  February  9,  1863,  to 

First  Lieutenant,   vice   Hornba 

ker. 

David  Carson, 

2d  Serg't. 

Died,  September  13,  1862. 

Oliver  H.  Anderson, 

3d  Serg't. 

Promoted  to  2d  Sergeant,  Feb. 

9,  1863. 

William  W.  Brinkley 

4th  Serg't. 

Killed,  at  battle  of  Fredericks- 

burg,  Dec.  13,  1862. 

Thomas  D.  Metcalf, 

5th  Serg't. 

Wounded,  at  Chancellorsville, 

May  3,  1863. 

Jacob  B.  Myers,  •• 

Corporal. 

Promoted  to  2d  Sergeant,  Sept. 

14,  1862.     To  1st  Sergeant,  Feb'v 

9,  1863. 

John  K.  Shatzer, 

ii 

David  L.  Coyle, 

{  t 

Promoted  to  4th  Sergeant,  Dec'r 

14,  1862.    Wounded,  slightly,  at 

Chancellorsville,  Mav  3,  1863. 

David  F.  McDonald, 

Taken  prisoner  at  Chancellors 

ville,  May  3,  1863. 

Peter  McC.  Cook, 
John  Findlav  Smith, 
David  R.  Wolff, 
Wm.  H.  M'Clelland, 

Wm.  P.  M'Cune, 
Henry  Oyler, 
Alleman  Samuel  C. 
Armstrong  John, 
Bennett  John, 


Musician. 
Wagoner. 
Private. 


Wounded,  at  Fredericksburg, 
!Va.,Dec.  13,  1862. 


Deserted  Oct.  30, 1862.  Returned 
under  President's  Proclamation, 
March,  1863. 


COMPANY  C. 


8 

i 

NAMES.                        |           RANK.                                                REMARKS. 

Boyd  R.  Hays, 

Private. 

Bowers  George  K.  M. 

n 

Brant  Theodore, 

ii 

Deserted  Oct.  30,  1862.    Return 

ed  under  President's  Proclama 

tion,  March,  1863. 

Bradley  J.  Johnston, 

II 

Brubaker  Patterson, 

" 

Bruce  Bryson, 

(I 

Wounded,  at  Chancellorsville, 

May  3,  1863. 

Byers  Edward, 

(1 

Byers  John  M. 

(( 

Cantner  Jacob, 

(I 

Deserted  Oct.  30,  1862.    Return 

ed  under  President's  Proclama 

tion,  March,  1863. 

Campbell  M'Farland, 

(1 

Cole  George, 

ll 

Wounded,  at  Chancellorsville, 

May  3,  1863. 

Creigh  Thos.  Alfred, 

ll 

Crilly  Theodore, 

II 

Cushwa  J.  Brewer 

« 

Wounded,  at    Fredericksburg, 

Dec.  13,  1862. 

Dickey  Seth, 

(( 

Divelbiss  David  U. 

n 

Divelbiss  Joseph  K. 

II 

Doyle  Cornelius, 

11 

Droiienburg  John  T. 

(t 

Duffield  James  B. 

u 

Eckert  John, 

u 

Eckman  John  W. 

il 

Findlay  Robert  S. 

ll 

Findlay  Edward  J. 

ll 

Deserted  at  Harrisburg,  August 

. 

9,  1862. 

Fritz  Levi, 

(1 

Wounded,  at  Fredericksburg, 

Va.,  Dec.  13,  1862. 

Fulton  Joseph  R. 

(( 

Garns  Samuel, 

II 

Deserted  Oct.  30,  1862.    Return 

ed  under  President's  Proclama 

Gehrett  Benjamin  F. 

14 

tion,  March,  1863. 
Discharged,  for  disability,  19th 
March,  1863,  by  order  Major  Gen 

eral  Meade. 

Hause  Milton, 

u 

Henninger  John, 

(i 

Hendricks  George, 

u 

Hersh  David  M. 

II 

Hornbaker  Daniel  N. 

u 

Hornbaker  Jno.  Wm. 

u 

Hospelhorn  Wm.  H. 

ll 

Metcalfe  Thomas  C. 

il 

Miller  Christopher, 
Mowen  Dallas  E. 

ll 
ll 

Killed,  in  battle,  Fredericks 

burg,  Va.,  Dec.  13,  1862. 

Mo  wry  Jacob  S. 

14 

<^     Myers  Andrew  A. 

II 

COMPANY  C. 


NAMES.                       |           BANK.          |                                    REMARKS. 

Myers  Geo.  W.  C. 

Private. 

M'Cune  Wm.  Brewer 

u 

M'Cune  John  E. 

(1 

M'Donald  George, 

1  1 

M'Culloh  J.  Archib'd 

i  1 

Died,  in  camp,  March  31,  1863. 

M'  Council  James, 

u 

Wounded,  at  Chancellorsville, 

May  3,  1863. 

M'Clelland  Robert, 

u 

M'Clelland  Adam, 

ii 

Died,  at  Camp,  near  Falmouth, 

Va.,  Dec.  5,  1862,  of  fever. 

M'Cutcheori  Robert, 

u 

M'Dowell  William, 

i< 

Wounded,  at  Chancellorsville, 

Va.,  May  3,  1863. 

M'Kinstry  Wm.  E. 

u 

Wounded,   at  Chancellorsville, 

Va.,  May  3,  1863. 

North  Samuel  W. 

a 

Orth  J.  Q.  Adams, 

u 

Palmer  G.  W. 

11 

Parker  J.  Thompson, 

u 

Parker  James  O. 

u 

Appointed  Corporal,   Oct'r  25, 
1862.    Wounded,  at  Chancellors 

ville,  May  3,  1863. 

Patterson  Samuel  J. 

u 

Pensinger  Thomas, 

ii 

Rankin  J.  Watson, 

(( 

Reed  Charles  F. 

u 

Ripple  Joseph, 

tl 

Wounded,   at  Chancellorsville, 

Va.,May3,  1863. 

Ross  Adam, 

it 

Scully  David  B. 

it 

Discharged,  for  disability,  10th 
March,   1863,   by  order  of  Major 

General  Meade. 

Secrist  Jacob  B. 

Ii 

Shorts  Henry, 

(1 

Socks  John, 

(I 

St.  Clair  Thomas, 

il 

Starliper  Wm.  M. 

it 

Wounded,  at  Chancellorsville, 

Va.,  May  3,  1863. 

Stine  Henry  J. 

il 

Appointed  Corporal,  Dec.  13,  '62. 

Thomas  Christopher, 

u 

Tibby  James, 

It 

Trout  Nicholas  C. 

ii 

Killed,  at  Chancellorsville,  Va., 

May  3,  1863. 

Walt  William  W. 

il 

Died,  at  Camp,  near  Falmouth, 

Va.,  February  24,  1863. 

Weiler  John  B. 

il 

Werdebaugh  Wm. 
Wolff  David  E. 

it 

Work  J.  Huston, 

11 

Wounded,   at  Fredericksburg, 

Va.,  December  13,  1862. 

Zimmerman  John  L. 

u 

Wounded,  at  Chancellorsville, 

Va.,  May  3,  1863. 

COMPANY 


NAMES. 

RANK. 

REMARKS. 

John  H.  Reed, 

Captain. 

Honorably  discharged  upon  re 

signation,  January,  1863. 

Josiah  C.  Hullinger. 

Captain. 

From  2d  Lieut.,  Feb'y  1863,  vice 

John  H.  Reed,  resigned. 

Jeremiah  Cook, 

1st  Lieut. 

Discharged  the  Service,  Jan.  16, 

1863.     [Dismissal  revoked.] 

George  F.  Platt, 

1st  Lieut. 

Vice  Jere.  Cook,  Feb.  24,  1863. 

Acting     Adjutant    at  battle    of 

Chance  llorsville. 

Clay  M'Cauley, 

2d  Lieut. 

Vice  Josiah  C.  Hullinger,  pro 

moted    to  Captain.    Captured  at 

Chancellors  villo. 

George  F.  Platt, 

1st  Serg't. 

Promoted   to    1st   Lieut.,  vice 

Jere.  Cook,  Feb'y  24,  1863. 

JohnM'Curdy, 

2d  Serg't. 

Clay  M'Cauley, 

3d  Serg't. 

Promoted  to  2d  Lieut.,  viceJ. 

C.  Hullinger,  Feb'y  24,  1863. 

John  M.  P.  Snider, 

4th  Serg't. 

Discharged,  by  order  of  Maj. 

Gen.  Meade,  Feb'y  12,  1863. 

Alex'rL.  C.Dingwall 

5th  Serg't. 

William  A.  Mountz, 

Corporal. 

Promoted  to  Sergeant,  Febru 

ary  14,  1863.   Reduced  to  ranks  at 

Chancellorsville. 

Lewis  Monath, 

it 

Reduced  to  ranks,  February  17, 

1863.    Wounded  at  Chancellors 

ville,  Va.,  May  3,  1863. 

Charles  W.  Kinsler, 

it 

Appointed    Commissary    Ser 

geant,  Aug.  15,  1862. 

Bottsford  B.  Henshey 

n 

Appointed   Hospital   Steward, 

Aug.  15,  1862. 

William  B.  Cook, 

n 

Discharged,  Dec.   22,   1862,   by 

order  of  Brig.  Gen.  Butterfield. 

Henry  B.  Kindig, 

ti 

Promoted  to  1st  Sergeant,  Feb. 

25,  1863. 

COMPANY  D. 


NAMES. 


REMARKS. 


Joseph  W.  Seibert, 

William  Fentiman, 
Sam'l  M.  Shoemaker, 
Samuel  Etter, 
Bowman  Henry, 
Barnes  Geo.  W. 
Bittinger  Joseph  S. 

Bushy  Jacob, 
Bear  Daniel, 
Barnett  William  A. 
Buchanan  James  T. 
Brittiaii  Melville  C. 

Carr  Harry  L. 
Cook  Henry, 


Cook  John  H., 

Clippinger  John  R. 
Cover  Henry  L. 
Evans  William  C. 
Ely  Francis  R. 
Falter  George  B. 
Ferronburg  Edward, 
Funk  John  L. 
Gibbs  John, 

Gordon  David  R. 
Houser  Nicholas  B. 
Harmon  George  E. 
Humelsine  Menaris, 


Holby  Andrew, 


Hallman  Jacob  H. 
Heart  John  B. 

Johnston  George  W. 
Keyser  Lewis, 
Kindig  David  E. 
Keefer  George  G. 
Ledy  Samuel  C. 


Lesher  John  H. 

Lininger  Peter, 
Lininger  George  W. 


Corporal. 


Musician. 
Wagoner. 
Private." 


Discharged,   Jan.  14,  1863,   by 
order  of  Maj.  Gen.  Meade. 
Reduced  to  ranks,  Feb.  17, 1863. 


Discharged,  Dec.  22,   1862,   by 
order  of  Gen.  Butterfield. 


Detached,    as  Hospital  Clerk, 
from  Oct.  1862. 

Died,  Dec.  14,  1862,  from 
wounds  received  at  battle  of 
Fredericksburg,  Va. 

Discharged,  Feb.  19,  1863.   Ab 
sent,  sick,  from  Oct.  1862. 

Discharged,  Jan'y  14,  1863. 


Died,   Jan'y  9,  1863,   at  camp 
near  Fal mouth,  Va. 


Promoted  to  Corporal,  Dec.  23, 

1862.  Promoted  to  Sergeant,  Feb. 
25,  1863. 

Promoted  to  Corporal,  Feb'y  14, 

1863.  Wounded,  at  Chancellors- 
ville. 

Wounded  at  Chancellorsvile, 
May  3,  1863. 

Appointed  Hospital  Steward. 


Discharged,  March  9,  1863. 
Wounded  at  Fredericksburg,  Va., 
Dec.  13,  1862. 

Discharged,  Dec.  22,  1862,  by 
order  of  Gen.  Butterfield. 


/ 


COMPANY  D. 


NAMES.                         |           RANK.           |                                     REMARKS. 

Laman  Henry, 

Private. 

Wounded    at   Fredericksburg, 

Va.,  Dec.  13,  1862. 

Lewis  Reuben  M. 

11 

Discharged,  March  10,  1863. 

Larch  Charles, 

u 

Lindsay  John  B. 

^' 

Wounded  at  Fredericksburg, 

Va.,Dec.  13,  1862. 

Moore  Upton  H. 

11 

Mellinger  John, 

II 

M'Kisson  James, 

II 

Died,  Feb.  24,  1863,  Camp  near 

Falniouth,  Va, 

Miller  George, 

II 

M'Dowell  James  B. 

" 

M'  Curdy  Alexander, 

11 

Promoted  to  Corporal,  Feb.  17, 

1863. 

M'Grath  Allen  C. 

11 

Promoted  to  Corporal,  Aug.  16, 

1862.     Discharged,  Feb.  12,  1863. 

M'Hale  Austin, 

u 

M'Kane  Andrew, 

u 

* 

Mohler  Samuel, 

u 

Mohler  Frederick  R. 

u 

M'Nair  Amos  K. 

II 

Markward  William, 

u 

Promoted  to  Corporal,  Februa 

ry  14,  1862. 

Meelman  Adam, 

u 

M'Laughlin  James, 

(4 

M'Elwaine  Robert, 

u 

Nicklas  Adam, 

u 

Wounded,  at  Chancellorsville, 

Va.,  May  3,  1863. 

O'Malley  Samuel, 

u 

Palsgrove  David  L. 

u 

Palsgrove  Jackson, 
Pike  Ferdinand  W. 

ri 

u 

Promoted  to  Corporal,  Aug.  16, 
1862.     Deserted,  Nov'r  5,  1862. 

Pensinger  George, 

u 

Peiisinger  Jacob, 

i  i 

Peisel  David  L. 

[  t 

Promoted  to  Corporal,  Februa 

ry  14,  1863. 

Powders  David  L. 

u 

Parker  John  W. 

u 

Reisher  Samuel, 

II 

Discharged,  Feb'y  6,  1863,  for 

disability. 

Reillv  Francis, 

II 

Shinafield  John  W. 

II 

Shearer  Elias, 

u 

Shultz  Andrew  J. 

u 

Promoted  to  Corporal,  Feb.  17, 

1863. 

Shetter  Simon  C. 

II 

Simmers  David, 

u 

Stickle  Samuel  C. 

u 

Stahl  William, 

u 

Snyder  John  A.  J.     . 

11 

ghearer  Walker, 

u 

COMPANY  D. 


NAMES. 

BANK.           |                                    REMARKS. 

Spencer  David, 
Shinefield  Geo.  S. 

Private. 

Died,  Nov. 

2,  1862,  at  Sharps- 

burg,  Md. 

Trogler  William, 
Washabaugh  Daniel, 

Discharged, 

Feb.  7,  1863. 

Weaver  Henry  A. 

Yeager  Leonard, 
Yenkle  Charles, 

-co    ( 


COMPANY 


KEMAKKS. 


W.  W.  Walker, 
Geo.  W.  Walker, 
Thos.  J.  Nill, 

Henry  H.  Breneman, 


Frederick  Berkel, 
Henry  H.  Breneman, 

John  A.  White, 
Benjamin  S.  Gaff, 
Geo.  M.  D.Brotherton, 

Samuel  J.  Lidy, 
James  B.  French, 
John  C.  Tracy, 

Geo.  L.  Freet, 
Jacob  F.  Newman, 
Luther  B.  Walter, 
John  C.  Anderson, 
AugustusC.Manahan, 

John  Bell, 
Geo.  G.  Pilkington, 
Matthias  Minehart, 
Anderson  W.  W. 
Bowman  Calvin, 
Bowman  Geo.  W. 
Bowman  John  F. 
Barnett  Henry  F. 

Bender  John  M. 


Beard  Napoleon, 
Benchoof  Benj.  F. 


Captain. 
1st  Lieut. 
2d  Lieut. 

2d  Lieut. 


1st  Scrg't. 
Id  Sercjt. 

3d  Sertft. 
UhSerg't. 
SthSerg't. 

Corporal. 


Fifer. 

Drummer. 

Wagoner. 

Private. 


Promoted  to  Quarter  Master  of 
Eegiment. 

Promoted   to  2d  Lieut.,  Nov. 
18,  1862,  from  2d  Serg't. 


Promoted  to  2nd  Lieut.,  Nov. 
18,  1862. 


Killed  in  action  at  Fredericks- 
burg,  Dec.  13,^1862. 


Discharged   for  disability,  23d 
Dec.,  1862. 


Died,  Dec.   22,   1862,  in  camp 
near  Falmouth,  Va. 


Missing    after   the    action    at 
Fredericksburg,  Dec.  13,  1862. 

Promoted  to  Corporal,  Dec.  17, 
1862.  Discharged  for  disability, 
March  2,  1863. 

Discharged  for  disability,  April. 
6,  1863. 

Died,  at  Wind  Mill  Hospital, 
of  typhoid  fever,  Jan'y  23,  1863.  « 


>/*°- 


r 


COMPANY  E. 


NAMES. 


I  RANK.  | 


REMARKS. 


Bear  D.  Jacob, 
Boyles  Robert  J. 
Carnan  Archibald, 
Cordel  John, 


Cunningham  Thos. 
Criner  George  F.  K. 

Diflen  derferE  manuel , 
Ditch  William  H. 
Detro  Lewis, 
Davis  Cornelius, 
Davis  Robert, 
Delph  Michael, 
Flory  John  F. 

Flohr  Samuel, 

Flohr  Thomas, 
Flory  Elias  S. 
Gamp  Frederick, 
Grove  John  W. 
Honodle  Adam, 
Hoover  Daniel  C. 


Hoover  J.  Wilson, 
Hellane  Daniel, 
Hollingsworth  F.  S. 
Hall  Firily, 
Hoof  Milton, 
Izer  David, 
Izer  John, 
Johnston  William, 

Kriner  Michael, 
Kriner  Henry, 
Kipe  J.  W. 
Kaddle  Adam, 
Lokas  William, 
Lippy  Albert, 
M'Vicker  J.  M. 

Mentzer  John, 
Myers  Samuel  R. 


Miller  John  L. 
M'Ferreii  James, 
Maun  Samuel, 


Miller  David, 


Private. 


Discharged  at  Washington 
Hospital,  by  order  of  Gen.  Mar- 
tindale,  Feb.  19,  1863. 

Absent  in  Hospital,  from  Oct. 
30,  1862. 


Wounded  at  Fredericksburg, 
Va.,  Dec.  13,  1862. 

Discharged  for  disability,  16th 
Feb.,  1863. 


Missing  since  the  action  of 
'Fredericksburg,  Va.,  Dec.  13, 
1862. 


Promoted  to  Corporal,  Dec.  17, 

1862. 


Deserted,  14th  Sept.,  1862,  from 
Georgetown,  D.  C. 

Discharged,  March  29,  1863,  for 
disability,  by  order  of  Gen. 
Meade. 


Deserted  from  Frederick,  Md., 
Sept.  17,  1862. 


72 


COMPANY  E. 


NAMES. 

BANK. 

REMARKS. 

Numiemaker  Benj. 

Private. 

Newman  George  F. 

1  1 

Nevin  W.  G. 

« 

Ogle  John  E. 

(i 

:. 

Price  Geo.  K. 

u 

Peters  John  H. 

it 

Promoted  to  5th  Sergeant,  Dec. 

17,  1862.    Died  in  hospital,  April 

3,  1863. 

Pool  Joseph, 

11 

Pentz  John, 

11 

Discharged  for  disability,  Mar. 

20,  1863,  by  order  of  Gen.  Meade. 

Rowzer  Simon  P. 

(I 

Killed  in  action,  at  Fredericks- 

burg,  Va.,  Dec,  13,  1862. 

Renfrew  W.  A.  M. 

II 

Rock  Abraham, 

II 

Rider  Frank  S. 

u 

Ripple  Augustus  J. 

II 

Promoted  to  2d  Sergeant,  Nov. 

1,  1862. 

Singer  Daniel  W. 

II 

Absent,  sick.  Reported  as  a  de 

serter,  Nov.  3,  1862. 

Seace  William, 

(1 

Stull  Joseph  S. 

II 

Deserted,  Sept'r  18,  1862,  from 

Frederick,  Md. 

Shoop  Jeremiah, 

(1 

Sellers  Amos  J. 

i  I 

Sherley  Wm.  H. 

t  1 

Smith  Charles  J. 

II 

Strausner  Paul 

i  I 

Saunders  William, 

II 

Sibbett  Wilson  R. 

i  I 

Sanders  John, 

11 

Taylor  Wm.  H. 

II 

Taylor  George  F. 

II 

Waddle  Henry  J.                   " 

Wolff  Jacob 

Williard  M.  A. 

11 

Promoted  to  Corporal,  April  26, 

1863. 

Wolff  Daniel 

II 

Wetzel  Samuel 

(  t 

COMPANY 


r 


NAMES.                                    RANK.                                                  REMARKS. 

John  P.  Wharton, 

Captain. 

Injured  at  Fredericksburg,  Va. 

Rob't  P.  M'Williams, 

1st  Lieut. 

James  C.  Bonsall, 

2d  Lieut. 

Banks  W.  Sharon, 

1st  Serg't. 

John  W.  Phillips, 

2d  Serg't. 

William  B.  Roush, 

3d  Sergei. 

Martin  S.  Littlefield, 

±th  Serg't. 

Frank  Mayne, 

5th  Serg't. 

Deserted,  Aug.  24,  1862.    After 

wards  turned  out  to  be  a  woman, 

whose  real    name  was    Frances 

Day. 

Josiah  M.  Bowers, 

Corporal. 

Promoted,  August,  1862,  to  5th 

Sergeant. 

George  Miller, 

u 

Adam  J.  Greer, 

11 

Discharged,  Dec'r  24,  1862,  at 
Walnut  Street  Hospital,  Harris- 

burg,  Pa. 

Sol.  B.  Kauffman, 

11 

Color-Bearer. 

Lemuel  Warner, 

It 

Wounded  slightly,  in  right  leg, 

at  battle  of  Fredericksburg,  Dec. 

13,  1862. 

Isaac  R.  Walton, 

11 

Wrn.  W.  Mitchell, 

11 

Franklin  P.  Kirk, 

it 

Reduced  to  ranks  at  Fredericks 

burg,  Dec,  13,  1862. 

Cloyd  Kreider, 

Musician. 

S.  A.  G.  Mathers, 

n 

Deserted,  Sept.  18,  1862. 

Cha's  H.  Williamson, 

Wagoner. 

Discharged,  Feb.  7,  1863,  by  or 

der  of  Gen.  Sykes. 

Anderson  George, 

Private. 

Deserted,  Sept'r  18,  1862. 

Adams  John, 

u 

Anderson  Jacob, 

it 

Bonsall  Samuel, 

n 

Wounded  in  battle  of  Frede 

ricksburg,  Dec.  13,  1862. 

Burchfield  Theodore, 

u 

Promoted,   Aug.   26,   1862,    to 

Corporal.     Wounded  at  Chancel- 

lorsville,  May  3,  1863. 

Bolton  Enos, 

« 

Blackford  John  E. 

u 

Beaver  Martin, 

« 

^y 

f 


74 


COMPANY  P\ 


NAMES. 

RANK. 

REMARKS. 

Brunei-  Jeremiah, 
Civils  Lorenzo  D. 
Cline  John  G. 
Calhoun  Samuel, 

Clay  Samuel, 

f!ndp  TJioharrl  M     T 

Private. 

i  i 

<  i 
n 

u 
(  ( 

Deserted,  Jan'y  21,  1863. 

Wounded  slightly  in  the  hand, 
at  battle  of  Fredericksburg,  Dec. 
13,  1862.     Discharged  March  29, 
1863,  for  disability,   by  order  of 
Gen.  Meade. 
Discharged,    March    20,    1863, 
for  disability,  by  order  of  Gen. 
Meade. 

Dressier  Jeremiah, 
Deam  William, 

Dunn  George, 

Ebbert  John  C. 
Fink  David, 
Ellis  Samuel, 
Fasic  Britton  Allen, 
Fink  Porter, 


Fitzpatrick  William, 
Guss  Jefferson  J.  A. 

Givler  William, 
Garver  Michael, 
Hood  Nathaniel, 
Hicus  William, 
Hock  Samuel, 

Hench  MortierSam'l, 
Hinkle  N.  S. 
Laird  Robert  A. 

Logan  William  C. 
Laughlin  Geo.  H. 
Louder  James  R. 
Longacre  J.  E. 
Logue  Oren, 
Mathers  Jesse, 
Miller  Theodore, 

Moore  William  B. 

Matthes  Samuel  W. 
M'Cahan  Wilber, 


Deserted,  Jan'y  24,  1863. 

Discharged,  Dec.  13,  1862,  by 
order  of  Gen.  Martindale. 

Wounded  in  left  arm,  in  battle 
of  Fredericksburg,  Dec.  13,  1862. 

Missing  at  Chancellorsville. 


Taken  prisoner  near  Warren- 
ton  Junction,  Nov.  18, 1862.  Re 
turned  to  his  regiment,  Feb.  26, 
1863. 

Died  at  the  Hospital,  Washing 
ton,  Aug.  24,  1862. 

Discharged,  Feb.  7, 1863,  by  or 
der  of  Gen.  Sykes. 

Missing  at  Chancellorsville. 


Discharged,  March  2,  1863,  or 
der  of  Gen.  Meade. 

Wounded  at  battle  of  Frede 
ricksburg,  Dec.  13,  1862. 

Wounded  at  battle  of  Frede 
ricksburg,  De<3.  13,  1862. 

Wounded  at  battle  of  Frede 
ricksburg,  Dec.  13,  1862. 


Wounded  at  Chancellorsville. 

Deserted,  Sept.  18,  1862. 

Killed  Dec.  13, 1862,  at  battle  of 
Fredericksburg. 

Discharged,  Feb.  12,  1863,  by 
order  of  Gen.  Sykes. 


COMPANY  F. 


NAMES. 


M' Knight  William  B.      Private 


Mitchell  Benjamin  R, 
Maxwell  W.  B. 
Myers  William, 
Pe"ck  John, 
Quay  David, 
Row  Samuel, 
Ramp  Daniel, 
Spout  John, 
Sarvis  Columbus, 
Stoner  George  W. 


Swonger  David  E. 
Stine  Jacob, 

Shultz  Jesse  L. 
Smith  William  J. 


Steyner  Jonathan, 
Seys  Isaac, 
Tutton  John  L. 
Unholtz  H.  C. 


Weidman  Adam  H. 
Weildman  Elmer, 
Weildman  James, 


Winters  Harmon, 
Whitmer  Samuel  H. 
WTarner  Jesse  W. 
Woods  William  W. 
Weisner  Samuel  E. 
Weisner  Jerome, 
Webb  Josiah, 
Williams  J.  A. 
Winegardner  Sam'l, 

Yocurn  John, 
Yocum  Henry, 


Discharged,  Oct.  9,  1862,  for 
disability,  by  order  of  Maj.  Gen. 
Porter. 


Discharged,  Feb'y  17,  1863. 


Died,  Jan.  24, 1863,  in  Hospital, 
jCamp  near  Falmouth,  Va. 

Died,  Jan.  19,  1863,  in  General 
Hospital,  near  Acquia  Landing. 

Wounded  at  Chancellorsville. 

Discharged,  Dec.  22,  1862,  for 
disability,  by  order  of  Brig.  Gen. 
Butterfleld. 


Wounded  at  Chancellorsville. 

Promoted  to  Corporal,  for  good 
conduct,  at  the  battle  of  Frede- 
ricksburg,  Dec.  13,  1862. 

Deserted,  September  20,  1862. 
!  Brought  back  and  kept  at  Harp 
er's  Ferry  until  unable  to  do  duty. 
Discharged,  Dec.  31,  1862. 

Deserted,  January  21,  1863. 

Wounded  at  Chancellorsville. 


Wounded  at  Chancellorsville. 
Deserted,  January  21,  1863. 

Died,  January  18,  1863,  at  Hos 
pital,  Acquia  Creek. 


COMPANY     G, 


NAMES.                                   BANK.                                                KEMARKS. 

George  L.  Miles, 

Captain. 

Stephen  O.  M'Curdy, 

1st  Lieut. 

Harry  C.  Fortescue, 

2d  Lieut. 

Killed,  inaction,  at  Fredericks- 

burg,  Va.,  13th  Dec.  1862. 

Benjamin  F.  Zook, 

2d  Lieut. 

Vice  Fortescue,   killed.      Pro 

moted  from  1st  Serg't  Feb.  9,  1863. 

Benjamin  F.  Zook, 

1st  Sergt. 

John  H.  Harmony, 

Id  Sergt. 

Promoted  to  1st  Sergeant,  Feb. 

9,  1863. 

AnthonyK.  M'Curdy, 

3d  Sergt. 

Promoted  to  2d  Serg't,  Feb.  9, 

1863. 

John  C.  Flickinger, 

Mh  Sergt. 

Promoted  to  3d  Serg't,  Feb.  9, 

1863. 

John  Liggett, 

5th  Ser9t- 

Discharged,  Dec.  2,  1862,  by  or 

der  of  Gen.  Butterfield. 

John  Kasy  Jr. 

Corporal. 

Deserted,   Oct.   30,   1862.      Re 

duced  to  ranks  Dec.  4,  1862.     Re 

S.  O.  Brown  M'Curdy, 

it 

turned  April  1,  1863,  Pres'tsProc. 
Wounded,  at  Chancellorsville, 

May  3,  1863. 

Thomas  Lindsay, 

it 

Reduced  to  ranks,  by  order  of 

Col.  Elder,  Dec.  4,  1862. 

Edward  Monath, 

<( 

Promoted  to  4th  Serg't,  Feb'y 

9,  1863. 

Peter  Dorty, 

it 

Reduced  to  ranks  May  3,  1863. 

Amos  A.  Skinner, 

a 

•7 

Richard  Waters, 

ii 

Wounded,  severely,  at   Chan 

cellorsville,  May  3,  1863. 

William  T.  Smith, 

a 

Reduced  to  ranks,  Oct.  21.  1862, 

by  order  of  Col.  James  G.  Elder. 

George  A.  Miller, 

Musician. 

Discharged,   Oct.   30,   1862,   by 

order  of  Maj.  Gen.  Porter. 

John  C.  Miller, 

u 

J 

James  Muma, 
Beidel  Philip  D. 
Bert  John, 

Wagoner. 

Private. 
ii 

Promoted  to  Corp'l  Dec.  5,  1862. 

Burkholder  Jacob, 

it 

Bair  David  W. 

ii 

Barclay  Franklin  N. 

ii 

Brinsly  John, 

a 

kT                                                               c.^ 

COMPANY  G.                                                  77      '°  <! 

NAMES.                                  RANK. 

REMARKS. 

Brinsly  Noah  A. 

Private. 

Coover  George  W. 

t\ 

Cook  William  J. 

u 

Crouse  Henry  C. 

ii 

Discharged,  April  2,  1863,  by  or 
der  of  Gen  Meade. 

Duck  Daniel, 
Ditzler  Charles  N. 

it 
ii 

Promoted  to  Corp'l,  Feb.  9,  1863. 
Wounded    at   Fredericksburg, 

Dec.  13,  1862. 

Dunkle  Michael, 

" 

Dunkle  Solomon, 

u 

Discharged,   Dec.   31,   1862,   at 

Frederick,  Mel. 

Dunkinson  Wm.  E. 

1  1 

Davis  Edward  J. 

u 

Eyser  Benjamin, 

u 

Edmondson  H.  M. 

II 

Embich  Daniel  W. 

u 

Promoted  to  Corporal,  October 

29,  1862. 

Eyster  Geo.  S. 

u 

Fleagle  Arinanias, 

II 

Forney  John  M. 

II 

Promoted  to  5th  Sergeant,  Dec. 

5,  1862. 

Fields  Russell, 

u 

Wounded,  severely,  at  Frede- 

ricksburg,Dec.  13,  1862.  Discharg 

ed,  for  disability,  March  9,  1863. 

French  Joseph, 

II 

Gelwicks  Daniel  B. 

u 

Gaff  Samuel, 

Heeter  John  F. 

Hepfer  Peter  S. 

Harmon  Lawrence, 

u 

Killed,    in    action,    at   Frede 

ricksburg,   Dec.   13,   1862.     True 

name,  L.  Barger. 

Hockersmith  M.  S. 

u 

Hepfer  Daniel  J. 

1  1 

Hard  erode  Wm.  H. 

it 

Deserted,  October  30,  1862.   Re 

turned,  Pres'ts  Proc.  April  1,  1863. 

Jones  John  D. 

Ii 

Jones  David  W. 

u 

Johnston  Enos, 

u 

Died,  of  disease,  at  Reg'l  Hos 

pital,  Feb'y  14,  1863. 

Kennedy  Job, 

II 

Knite  William  J. 

u 

Wounded,  severely,  at  Frede 

ricksburg,  Dec.  13,  1862. 

Lightner  Franklin, 

u 

Lynch  Reuben, 

u 

Loudenslager  Philip, 

II 

M'Intyre  Robert  W. 

II 

Wounded,  slightly,   at  Frede 

ricksburg,  Dec'r  13,  1862. 

M'Curdy  John  A. 

u 

M'Cartney  James, 

i  t 

Wounded,  at  Chancellorsville, 

May  3,  1863. 

Miller  Franklin  A. 

(  t 

Melhorn  Simon, 

11 

J. 


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NAMES.                        |           RANK.                                              REMARKS. 

M'Kee  Thomas, 

Private. 

Moore  John  T. 

a 

Maun  William  P. 

u 

Nolan  George  W. 

" 

O'Neal  James, 

'« 

. 

Oyer  Daniel  S. 

44 

Pence  Christian, 

n 

Rosenberger  Samuel, 

i  i 

Rummel  James  W. 

a 

Reitzel  Henry  S. 

n 

Reed  George  W. 

" 

Discharged,  April  12,  1863,  by 

order  of  Gen.  Meade. 

Rinehart  Lewis, 

« 

Promoted  to  Corporal,  De'r  5, 

1862. 

Stewart  Robert, 

i( 

Discharged,  Dec'r  24,  1862,  by 

Senseny  Ferdinand,    i 

order  of  Brig.  Gen.  Montgomery. 

Senseny  Hiram  C. 

Speer  Charles, 

Shoemaker  Geo.  W. 

H 

Died,  in  Hospital,   near  Frede- 

ricksburg,  Va.,  Dec.  14,  1862. 

Sharp  Adam, 

it 

Shaffer  John  S. 

1  1 

Wounded,  severely,  at  Frede- 

ricksburg,Dec.  13,  1862.  Discharg 

ed,  March  10,  1863. 

Shearer  Jesse, 

"( 

Shearer  Jonathan, 

(t 

Shearer  Amos, 

1  1 

Smith  William  F. 

tt 

Walters  William  H. 

t  t 

Worth  ington  Isaac, 

(i 

Waddle  Samuel  C. 

it 

AVitherow  Franklin  C 

a 

Wilson  Harrison, 

Zarman  Joseph  N. 

COMPANY 


NAMES.                        |          RANK.           |                                    REMARKS. 

James  G.  Elder, 

Captain. 

Promoted  to  Colonel  of  Regi 

ment. 

John  H.  Walker, 

Captain. 

From  1st  Lieutenant,  Aug.  lo, 

•*- 

1862.      Wounded,     severely,     in 

battle    of    Freclericksburg,    Va., 

Dec.  13,  1862.     Slightly  wounded 

at  Chancellorsville,  May  3,  1863. 

William  H.  Mackey, 

1st.  Lieut. 

Promoted,  Aug.  26,  1862,  from 
Orderly  Sergeant.     Wounded,  se 
verely,  in  battle  at  Fredericks- 

burg,  Dec.  13,  1862. 

Josiah  W.  Fletcher,       2d  Lieut. 

Wounded,    severely,  in  battle 

of  Frederick  sburg,  Dec.  13,  1862. 

Captured     at     Chancellorsville, 

May,  3,  1863. 

William  H.  Mackey, 
Jacob  Snider, 

1st  Sergei. 
2d 

To  1st  Lieutenant. 
Discharged,  Jan'y  14,  1863,  at 

Camp  near  Falmouth,  Va. 

Alfred  J.  Kent, 

3d      " 

Wounded,  at  Chancellorsville, 

May  3,  1863. 

Stephen  W.  Pomeroy, 

tth     " 

Promoted  to  1st  Sergeant,  Aug. 
26,  1862. 

Andrew  Burgess, 

oth     " 

Calvin  I.  Gamble, 

Corporal. 

Wounded,  at  Fredericksburg, 

Dec.  13,  1862. 

Benjamin  Dawney, 
Samuel  W.  Beam, 

H 

Reduced  to  the  ranks,  by  order 

of  Lieut.  Col.  D.  W.  Rowe,  Jan. 

27,  1863. 

M'Ginley  J.  Wilhelm 

U 

Jas.  B.  Worthington, 

U 

Samuel  W.  Croft, 

<( 

Reduced  to  the  ranks,  by  order 

of  Lieut,  Col.  D.  W.  Rowe,  Jan. 

27,  1863. 

William  Campbell, 

it 

William  J.  Harrison, 

Musician. 

Discharged  March  2,1863,  Camp 

near  Falmouth,  Va.,  for  disabili 

ty,  by  order  of  Maj.  Gen.  Meade. 

John  A.  Harrie, 

u 

Prisoner,    at  Chancellorsville, 

May  3,  1863. 

r 


80 


COMPANY  H. 


NAMES.                        |           RANK. 

REMARKS. 

Martin  L.  Staubs, 

Wagoner. 

Anderson  William  J. 

Private. 

Boatman  Wm.  F. 

" 

Burke  William  H. 

" 

Died,  January  3,  1863,  at  Camp 

near  Falmouth,  Va. 

Brindle  Jeremiah, 

11 

Taken  prisoner  at  Fredericks- 

burg,  Va.,  Dec.  13,  1862. 

Baker  Augustus, 

u 

Benjamin  Wm.  N. 

11 

Bowers  Nicholas  M. 

u 

Severely  wounded,   in  leg,  at 

Chancellorsville,     May   3,    1863. 

Taken  prisoner,  and  died  shortly 

after. 

Cebolt  Elias  H. 

u 

Coons  John  M. 

(1 

Prisoner,   at    Chancellorsville, 

May  3,  1863. 

Claudy  William  M. 

II 

Diehl  Hugh, 

(1 

Doyle  James, 

u 

Detrich  William  T.  C. 

u 

Died,  Feb.  24,  1863,   in  camp 

near  Falmouth,  Va. 

Detrich  Jacob  H. 

u 

Promoted  to  4th  Serg't,   Aug. 

9ft   i  eft  9 

Elder  Samuel  C. 

u 

—   *5    JLOlJ^* 

Wounded,   at  Fredericksburg, 

Dec.  13,  1862. 

Elliot  Robert  F. 

ii 

Wounded,  in  action,  at  Frede 

ricksburg,   Va.,   Dec.  13,   1862.— 

Died,  Jan'y  2,  1863. 

Everett  John  W. 

11 

Ferguson  David, 

It 

Fickes  David  D. 

« 

Gillan  John  W. 

u 

Gaston  William  A. 

" 

Wounded,  at  Chancellorsville, 

May  3,  1863. 

Gray  James  H. 

u 

Promoted  to  Corporal  Jan'y  27, 

1863.     Wounded  and  taken  pris 

oner  at  Chancellorsville,  May  3, 

1863. 

Gray  Thomas, 

u 

Gray  William, 
Guyer  David  C. 
Haiston  William, 
Haiston  Mercer  D. 
Harrison  A.  St.  Clair, 


Hancock  Solomon, 
Hurley  Samuel, 
Hoover  Joseph, 
Jones  George  C. 

Kissel  Thomas  R. 
Kerr  Robert, 


Deserted,  Oct.  5,  1862. 


Not  twenty-one  years  of  age, 
iand  taken  away  by  his  father, 
iAug.  13,  1862. 


Promoted  to  Corporal,  January 
27,  1863. 


COMPANY  H. 


NAMES. 

Kridle  John  WT 
Lee  Samuel, 

Leedy  William, 

Laiidis  Henry. 
Myers  Samuel, 

Mason  James  H. 


M'Lain  Alex'rC. 
Miller  Daniel, 
Maclay  Samuel  T. 

M'Lain  Brice  B. 
Pomeroy  Andrew  A.j 
flitter  Lewis, 


Ricker  Cyrus  M. 
Rose  Henry, 
Rhodes  William  H. 


Keumer  Jacob  F. 

Skinner  David  H. 
Stitt  John  H. 

Skinner  John  A. 
Swain  Geo.  A. 

Shirk  Jacob, 
Shearer  Samuel  A. 
Shearer  Joseph  B. 

Smith  John, 

Saltsman  James  D. 
Sackmaii  Jacob, 
Sellers  John  E. 
Sellers  James  A. 
Shirk  Joseph  A. 
Stark  Xewel  D. 

Shui'er  Joseph, 
Skinner  Calvin  M. 


RANK. 


REMARKS. 


Private. 
(i 


Wounded,  at  Chaiicellorsville, 
May  3, 1863. 

Deserted,  August  16,  1862,  at 
Harrisburg,  Pa. 

Deserted,  October  29,  1862,  at 
Sharpsburg,  Md. 

Discharged,  Feb'y  21, 1863,  for 
disability,  by  order  of  Brig.  Gen. 
Sykes,  commanding  Corps. 

Wounded,  at  Fredericksburg, 
Dec.  13,  1862. 

Died,  Dec.  27, 1862,  Camp,  near 
Falraouth,  Va. 

Wounded  in  arm,  at  Chaiicel 
lorsville,  May  3, 1863. 

Discharged  for  disability,  Feb. 
25,  1863,  Camp  near  Falmouth, 
Va.,  by  order  of  Brig.  Gen.  Hum 
phreys,  Commanding  Corps. 

Wounded',  in  action,  at  Frede 
ricksburg,  Va,,  Dec.  13,  1862.- 
Died,  Dec.  21,  1862. 

Wounded,  at  Fredericksburg, 
Va.,  Dec.  13, 1862. 

Missing  at  Chancellorsville, 
May  3,  1863,  and  never  heard  of. 

Died,  Dec.  24,  1862,  Camp  near 
Falmouth,  Va. 


Died,  Dec.  28,  1862,  Camp  near 
Falmouth,  Va. 

Wounded  at  Chancellorsville, 
Va,  Mav3,  1863. 


Wounded,  at  Fredericksburg, 
Va.,  Dec.  13,  1862. 

Wounded,  at  Chancellorsville, 
Va.,  May  3,  1863. 

Wounded,  at  Chaiicellorsville, 
Va.,May3,  1863. 


r 


82 


COIVEPANY  H. 


NAMES. 


RANK. 


REMARKS. 


Sullivan  Theodore, 
VarnerNoah, 
Wilson  Thomas  B. 

Wilson  Wm.  M'C. 

Williams  James, 
Woods  John  F. 
Wyant  John  P. 
Wentling  Andrew 
Wagner  Henry  B. 

Yager  Jeremiah, 
Zigler  Jacob, 


Private. 

u 
u 


Discharged,  Nov.  21,  1862,  by 
order  of  Brig.  Gen.  Butterfield. 

Taken  prisoner  at  Chancellors- 
ville,  May  3,  1863. 

Discharged,  for  disability. 


Promoted  to  Corporal,   Jan'y 
27,  1863. 


COMPANY  f, 


NAMES.                                   RANK. 

REMARKS. 

Amos  H.  Martin, 

Captain. 

William  H.  Davis,      j    1st  Lieut. 

" 

Lewis  Began, 

2d  Lieut. 

William  Littlefield, 
James  M.  Sharow, 

1st  Serqt. 
2d  Sergt. 

Discharged  for  disability,  Feb. 
27,  1863,  at  Harrisburg. 

William  M.  Allison, 

3d  Sergt. 

Promoted  to  Regim'l  Qr.  Mr. 
Serg't,  August  18,  1862. 

George  Goshen, 

±th  Sergt. 

Promoted  to  3d  Serg't,  August 
18,  1862.     Discharged,  for  disabil 

ity,  Jan'y  14,  1863. 

J.  Wesley  Reynolds, 

5th  Sergt. 

Promoted  to   4th    Serg't.  vice 
Goshen,   August  18,   1862-  to  3d 

Serg't,  Jan'y  14,  1863. 

Lucian  W.  Dunn,  Jr. 

Corporal. 

Promoted  to  5th  Serg't,  vice  M'- 
Clelland,  Jan'y  17,  1863. 

Calvin  B.  Harris, 

u 

Died,  at  General  Hospital,  Jan 

uary  18,  1863. 

Lewis  J.  Givler, 

" 

Reduced  to  ranks,  Dec.  11,  1862. 

John  N.  Banks, 
John  H.  Wright, 

!! 

Discharged,  for  disability,  Feb 

ruary  7,  1863. 

John  P.  Williams. 

u 

John  H.  Sharow, 

u 

Alanson  D.  Wood. 

II 

Banks  B.  Logan, 

Musician. 

Andrews  Wesley, 
Akley  James  D. 

Private. 

Promoted    to   Corporal,   Jan'y 
17,  1863. 

Basam  Simon, 
Bristline  William, 

u 

Discharged,  for  disability,  Jan. 
13,  1863,  by  order  of  Gen.  Meade. 
Discharged,  Jan'y  13,  1863,  by 
order  Gen.  Meade,  for  disability. 

Berg  Frederic  De 

11 

Brennishaltz  H.  M. 

'• 

Banmgardner  Adam 
Brackbill  Stewart  T 

II 

Discharged,  for  disability,  Oct. 
25,  1862,  by  order  of  Gen.  Porter. 

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84 


COMPANY  I. 


NAMKS. 


RANK. 


REMARKS. 


Barnard  David, 
Butt  Jacob  H. 
Biddle  William, 
Barkley  Cornelius, 

Bathgate  Thomas, 
Bell  Ephraim, 

Cadreny  John  Lewis, 
Coder  Thomas  B. 
Chamberlin  Cheny  J. 
Chappie  John, 


Carruthers  Thos.  N. 

Cope  Philip  J. 
Call  ins  John, 


Curwin  Joseph, 
Chesnut  William, 

Dunn  Lucian  W.  Sr. 
Etke  Simon, 
Egles  Adolph, 
Fletcher  John, 
Faisic  Alaiison  H. 

Forsyth  Robert, 
Groninger  Wm.  H. 
Gross  David, 
Geedy  William, 
Geedy  George, 

Heaps  Amos, 
Hattfield  Levi, 
Hawk  William, 

Henry  John, 

Kerchner  Isaac  H. 
Kauffman  Morgan, 
Kline  Washington, 
Kennedy  John  N. 
Kirk  John  W. 
Kaltwriter  William, 

Leonard  Thomas, 
Myers  W7illiam  T. 
Myers  George  W. 
Mosser  Amos, 
M'Cahern  William, 


Private. 


Wounded,  at  Chancellorsville, 
May  3,  1863. 

Killed  at  Chancellorsville,  May 
3,  1863. 


Discharged,  for  disability,  Jan 
uary  13,  1863,  by  order  of  Gen. 
Meade. 

WTounded,  at  Chancellorsville, 
May  3,  1863. 

Discharged,  for  disability,  Sep 
tember  24,  1862,  at  Fort  Wood, 
N.  Y. 

Discharged,  for  disability,  Jan. 
14,  1863. 


Captured,  at  Chancellorsville, 
M:iy  6,  1863. 


Wounded  at  Chancellorsville, 
May  3,  1863. 


Wounded  at  Chancellorsville, 
May  3,  1863. 

Wounded  at  Chancellorsville, 
May  3,  1863. 


Discharged,  for  disability,  Ap'l 
3,  1863. 


COMPANY  1. 


NAMES.                       |          BANK.                                               REMARKS. 

Moore  William  H. 

Private.    j    Wounded  at  Chancelloreville, 

May  3,  1863. 

Martin  Joseph, 
M'Gonagle  Alfred, 

it 

Discharged,  for  disability,  Dec. 

23,  1862. 

M'Clellan  Cornelius, 

11 

To  5th  Serg't  Aug.  18,  1862,  vice 

Reynolds;  to  4th  Serg't  Jan'y  17, 

1863,  vice  same. 

Martin  Jacob  R. 

ii 

O'Neal  John, 

H 

O'Neal  Joseph, 

H 

Pennebaker  Moses, 

u 

Pennebaker  Daniel, 

" 

Pat  ton  William, 

i  ^ 

Died,  of  wounds  received    at 

Chancellorsville,  May  3,  1863. 

Parker  Cloyd, 

1  1 

Promoted  to  Corporal,  Dec.  11, 

1862. 

Howe  William, 

u 

Robison  William  S. 

u 

Roth  Joseph  B. 

<  ( 

Rowe  George, 

it 

Shirk  William  V. 

u 

Stimmel  Joseph  W. 

II 

Snively  Elias, 

u 

Shirk  William  J. 

u 

Discharged,  for  disability,  Dec. 

29,  1862. 

Stine  Dciniel, 

u 

Showers  Michael  M. 

ll 

Deserted,   Sept.   19,  1862.     Re 

turned  to  Camp,  March  17,  1863. 

Singer  Corbet  D. 

II 

Showers  David  P. 

11 

Say  lor  Allen, 

u 

Smith  Wellington, 

II 

Stump  Mathide, 

" 

Wounded,  in  action,  at  Chan- 

icellorsville.   May  3.   1863.      Dis- 

charged  July,  1863. 

Venammon  Thomas, 

<  i 

Discharged,  for  disability,  Mar. 

28,  1863. 

Walls  George, 

u 

Killed,  at  the  battle  of  Chan 

cellorsville,  May  3,  1863. 

Wharton  Kepner, 

u 

Discharged,  for  disability,  Mar. 

28,  1863. 

Wallace  Henry, 

(  i 

Died,   in  Camp  near  Sharps- 

burg,  Md.,  of  fever,  Oct.  23,  1862. 

Wise  Samuel, 

u 

Discharged,  for  disability,  Feb. 

25,  1863. 

COMPANY 


REMARKS. 


David  Watson  Rowe, |    Captain. 


Andrew  R.  Davison, 


John  Gilmore  Rowe, 


John  W.  P.  Reid, 
John  Gilmore  Rowe, 
John  H.  Logue, 
'William  Snyder, 


Captain. 


1st  Lieut. 


2d  Lieut. 
1st  Serg't. 
•2d  Serg't. 
3d  Sercft. 


Simon  W.  Rupley,       I  ±th  Se.rtft. 
Henry  Striekler,  5fh  Sertft. 


Einiinuel  Hawbecker, 
Wm.  C.  Byers, 

Scott  K.  Snively, 
Thomas  Daly, 


(1<>rporal. 


Elected  Major  Aug.  9, 1862.    Pro 
moted  to  Lieut.  Col. ,  Aug.  15,  ]  862. 

Promoted  from  1st  Lieut.,  Aug. 
9,  1862.  Acting  Major  of  Reg't 
at  the  battle  of  Chancel lorsville. 

Promoted  from  Orderly  Serg't, 
August  9, 1862.  Wounded,  severe 
ly,  in  forehead  at  battle  of  Chan- 
cellorsville,  May  3, 1863,  whilst  in 
command  of  his  company. 


Promoted  to  1st  Lieut.  Aug.  9, 
1862, 

Wounded,  at  Fredericksburg, 
Dec.  13,  1862. 

Promoted  to  1st  Serg't,  Aug.  15, 
1862. 

Promoted  to  3d  Serg't,  Oct.  14, 
1862.  Killed  in  action,  at  Chanccl- 
"orsville. 

Promoted  to  4th  Serg't,  Oct.  14, 
1862.  Wounded,  in  left  arm,  at 
Battle  of  fredericksburg,Va.,  Dec. 
[3,  1862,  requiring  amputation. 
Discharged,  April  27,  1863,  at 
Findlay  Hospital,  D.  C. 

Promoted  to  5th  Serg't,  April  1, 
1863. 

Reduced  to  ranks  by  order  of 
Dol.  Elder,  Oct.  20,  J,si>± 

Color-Bearer  of  Reg't  at  Frede- 
icksburg   and  Chancellorsville. 
Promoted  to  4th  Serg't,  May  1, 
1863. 


COMPANY  K.                                                 87 

NAMES.                         |           RANK.                                              REMARKS. 

John  M.  D.  Detrich, 

Corporal. 

Promoted  to  5th  Serg't,  Oct.  14, 

1862.  Wounded,  in  hand,  at  Fred 

ericksburg,   Dec.  13,  1862.     Dis 

charged,  for  disability,  March  23, 

1863. 

Joshua  K.  Hood, 

H 

Discharged,  for  disability,  Feb. 

13,  1863,  by  order  of  Gen.  Meade. 

George  F.  Missavy, 

it 

Killed,  in  action,  at  Chancel- 
lorsville.  Va,,  May  3,  1863. 

David  W.  Buchanan, 

a 

Reduced  to  ranks,  May  4,  1863, 

by  order  of  Lieut.  Col.  Rowe. 

John  H.  Byers, 

Musician. 

Deserted,  Oct'r  18,   1862,  from 

camp  near  Sharpsburg,  Md. 

William  Snodie, 

tt 

George  W.  Bartle, 

Wagoner. 

Appenzeller  David  K. 

Private. 

Promoted  to  Corporal,  Oct.  14, 
1862.    Wounded  at  battle  of  Fred 

ericksburg,  Va.,  Dec.  13,  1862. 

Alexander  George  W. 

" 

Wounded,   at  battle  of  Frecle- 

Iricksburg,  Va.,  Dec.  13,  1862. 

Bert  Adam  C. 

Killed,  at  battle  of  Fredericks- 

jburg,  Va.,   Dec.   13.   1862. 

Bemisderfer  John  S. 

Beck  William  H. 

Byers  John  Boggs, 

Promoted  to  Corporal,  Oct.  20, 

1862. 

Barr  James  W. 

Bartle  Henry, 

Bvers  George  INI. 

Killed,  at  battle  of  Fredericks- 

burg,  Va.,  Dec.  13,  1862. 

Bushey  Calvin, 

<  . 

Brown  John  McC. 

<' 

Appointed  Regimental  Wagon- 

Master,  Oct.  8,  1862.     Discharged, 

^ 

for  disability,   bv  order  of  Gen. 

Sykes,  Feb.  7,  1863. 

Buchanan  James  H. 

it 

Wounded    at    Fredericksburi>;, 

by  shell,  Dec.  13,  1862.     Dischar- 

ged,   for  disability,   by  order  of 

Gen.  Meade,  July  25,  1863. 

Baughniaii  Cyrus, 

M 

Wounded,  at  battle  of  Frede 

ricksburg,  Va,,  Dec.  13,  1862. 

Cleverstone  Dan'l  D. 

Crooks  William  W. 

Colby  George, 

Donathan  James  H. 

Davison  John  B. 

Promoted  to  Corporal,  Feb.  13, 

1863,  by  Col.  Rowe. 

Daniels  William, 

1  ' 

Discharged,  for  disability,  Jan. 
14,  1863,   by  order  of  Maj.  Gen. 

Meade. 

Eyler  George  W. 

it 

On    detatched    duty    at  Geii'l 

i      Ferry  John  W. 

H 

Hospital,  from  Oct.  29,  1862. 
Ambulance  driver. 

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COMPANY  K. 


NAMES. 


KEMAUKS. 


Eaclius  James  C. 


Frye  Charles  M. 

Frye  Jonas  M. 
Gardner  Philip  L. 
Gordon  John  C.  II. 
Gordon  Jeremiah  C. 
Hollar  James  Wilson, 


HammiV  Albertun  K. 


Holman  Joseph, 
Hyssong  Jeremiah  C. 

Ilginfritz  Isaiah, 
Kreps  Michael  H. 
Kunkle  Charles  H. 
Kulm  John  W. 
Reims  William  T. 
Lear  Jacob, 
Lowe  John, 
Lowe  Philip  C.  F. 
Laughlin  Henry, 
Morehead  James  C. 


Marshall  John  A. 
Mowers  Samuel, 


Private. 


Mitchell  James, 


Newcomer  Charles  H.  j 
Palmer  John, 
Parker  William  H. 


Palmer  Samuel, 
Potter  George  H. 


Pensinger  Lazarus, 
Pool  Jacob  W. 
Palmer  Simon, 
Pensinger  David  N. 
Pawling  George,  M. 
Pentz  David. 
Rupert  William  F. 


Detailed,  permanently,  for 
Provost  Guard  at  Corps  Hd.  Q'rs 
from  Sept.  22,  1862,  to  end  of 
service. 

Died,  of  disease,  in  hospital, 
Jan'y  23,  1863. 


Provost  Guard,  at  Corps  Hd. 
Q'rs,  from  Sept,  22,  1862,  to  end 
of  service. 

Absent,  sick,  at  Greencastle, 
'from  Oct.  21,  1862,  to  end  of  ser 
vice. 

Promoted  to  Corporal,  April  1, 
11863. 


Wounded  in  hand  at  battle  of 
Fredericks  burg,  Va.,  December 
13,  1862,  by  shell. 

Promoted  to  Corporal,  April  1. 
1863. 

Killed,  at  the  battle  of  Frede- 
ricksburg,  Va,,  Dec,  13,  1862. 


Provost  Guard,  at  Corps  Head 
Q'rs,  from  Sept.  22,  1862,  to  end 
of  service. 


Discharged,  for  disability,  Feb. 
21,  1863. 


Wounded,  at  Chancellorsville, 
May  3,  1S63. 


COMPANY  K. 


N  A  M  1  S. 


Robison  John, 
Reymer  Michael  D. 


Rule  David, 
Ritter  Jacob, 
Reneker  Samuel, 

Shook  George  W. 


Salmon  James. 

Shirey  James, 
Stoner  Joel, 

Shirey  Charles  H. 
Snively  William  H. 

Shoaf  Amos  J. 
Stoner  Josepli  C. 


Spidle  Henry  M. 
Shatzer  Joseph, 
Snively  Isaac, 


Unger  Jacob  A. 
Valentine  Gilbert, 
Winkfield  Jacob, 
Weiser  Reuben, 
Wagner  John  M. 
Wilders  William  A. 
Zeigler  George  F. 


Zimmerman  Andrew 


Private,. 


KKMAKKS. 


Detached  from  Company  for 
duty  as  one  of  Provost  Guards,  at 
5th  Corps  Hd.  Q'rs,  Sept.  22,  1862, 
to  end  of  service. 


Promoted  to  Corporal,  May  3, 
1863. 

Died,  of  wounds  received  at 
the  battle  of  Fredericksburg,  Va., 
in  a  charge  made  by  the  Reg't  on 
ithe  Rebel  works,  Dec.  13,  1862. 

Died,  of  disease,  in  Regimental 
IHospital,  Feb.  23,  1863. 

Promoted  to  Corporal,  May  4, 
1863. 

Killed  in  battle,  at  Fredericks- 
iburir,  Va.,  Dec.  13,  1862. 

Taken  prisoner  at  Chancellors- 
jville,  May  3,  1863. 

Discharged,  for  disability,  Ap'l 
12,  1863,  Camp  near  Falmouth, 

|Va. 

t 

Killed,  in  battle  at  Fredericks- 
burg,  Va.,  Dec.  13,  1862. 

Killed,  in  battle  at  Fredericks- 
burg,  Va.,  Dec.  13,  1862. 

Detached,  for  Provost  duty  at 
Corps  Hd.  Q'rs,  Sept,  22,  1862,  at 
Sharpsburg,  Md.,  and  did  not  re 
join  company  until  muster-out. 


Promoted  to  3d  Serg't,  Aug. 
ilo,  1862.  Promoted  to  Sergeant- 
Major,  Aug.  18,  1862. 

Died,  in  Regimental  Hospital, 
("amp  near  Falmouth,  Va.,  Dec. 
II,  1862. 


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